The expression one wears on one's face is far more important than the clothes one wears on one's back. Dale Carnegie
Wings are freedom only when they are wide open in flight. On one's back they are a heavy weight. Marina Tsvetaeva
The day was made for laziness, and lying on one's back in green places, and staring at the sky till its brightness forced one to shut one's eyes and go to sleep . . . Charles Dickens
It is better to strive with a stubborn ass than to carry the wood on one's back. Spanish Proverb