“The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools but the gentle touches of air and water working at their leisure with their liberal allowance of time.”

“He enjoys true leisure who has time to improve his soul's estate.”

“Men have become the tools of their tools.”

“We have become the tool of our tools.”

“But lo! men have become the tools of their tools.”

“A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man's life as in a book. Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping. Keep the time, observe the hours of the universe, not of the cars.”

“If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.”