"To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flames from wasting by repose."

"But quiet to quick bosoms is a hell."

"The wind breath'd soft as lover's sigh, And, oft renew'd, seem'd oft to die, With breathless pause between, O who, wi…"

"These should be hours for necessities, Not for delights; times to repair our nature With comforting repose, and not f…"

"Our foster-nurse of nature is repose, The which he lacks; that to provoke in him, Are many simples operative, whose p…"

"The best of men have ever loved repose: They hate to mingle in the filthy fray; Where the soul sours, and gradual ran…"

"Dulcis et alta quies, placidæque simillima morti."

"What sweet delight a quiet life affords."

"Study to be quiet."

"Deus nobis hæc otia fecit."