It is the working man who is the happy man. It is the idle man who is the miserable man. Benjamin Franklin
Even when someone battles hard, there is an equal portion for one who lingers behind, and in the same honor are held both the coward and the brave man; the idle man and he who has done much meet death alike. Homer
2986. See that thou be alway a doing of something, and be ever ashamed to catch thyself idle : The idle man is content to anticipate Death, by being out of Motion; but high Souls, like the Heaven they come from, move continually, and are uncapable of Rest, until they rest there. Thomas Fuller (writer)
He devil tempts all, but the idle man tempts the devil. Italian Proverb
An idle man is the devil's pillow. Dutch Proverb
An idle man is the devil's bolster. Italian Proverb