William Penn Quote

Love labour: for if thou dost not want it for food, thou mayest for physique. It is wholesome for the body, and good for the mind. It prevents the fruits of idleness, which many times come of nothing to do, and leads many to do what is worse than nothing.

Fruits of Solitude, in Reflections and Maxims Relating to the Conduct of Human Life (ed. 1778)