"Lying on a feather mattress or quilt..." - Quote by Leonardo Da Vinci

“The greatest geniuses sometimes accomplish more when they work less.”

“As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death.”

“Fear arises sooner than anything else.”

“Ambition has its disappointments to sour us, but never the good fortune to satisfy us.”

“The ambitious deceive themselves in proposing an end to their ambition; that end, when attained, becomes a means.”

“Who does not desire such a victory by which we shall join places in our Kingdom, so far divided by nature, and for which we shall set up trophies in another conquered world?”

“From exertion come wisdom and purity; from sloth ignorance and sensuality.”

“What school, college, or lecture bring men depends on what men bring to carry it home in.”

“Excellence is going the extra mile.”