It was the hour of four in the afternoon, and already in hillside homesteads the day was nearly done. There was everywhere an air of that sweet, old-fashioned leisure which the world has nearly lost. It lingered in the slant sunlight that threw shadows across the winding road… – Florence Bone (1875–1971), The Morning of To‑Day, 1907

Necessity may be the mother of invention, but play is certainly the father. – Roger von Oech

I would not exchange my leisure hours for all the wealth in the world. – Comte de Mirabeau