It has been said that idleness is the parent of mischief, which is very true; but mischief itself is merely an attempt to escape from the dreary vacuum of idleness.
Bio: Sir Robert Hutchison, 1st Baronet, FRCP was a Scottish physician and paediatrician, who is well known as the original editor of the medical books, "Clinical Methods" and "Food and the Principles of Dietetics".