无论如何,恶习只是过度劳累的美德。节约和节俭是值得赞扬的,但随着它们的比例越来越高,我们会发现另一端是什么?一个守财奴!如果我们过度利用空闲时间,我们最终可能会发现自己无效,而如果我们允许自己有更多空闲时间,我们所保存的神经力量和健康可能会超过我们通过始终模仿忙碌的小蜜蜂所能完成的工作的价值。
(Vices are simply overworked virtues, anyway. Economy and frugality are to be commended but follow them on in an increasing ratio and what do we find at the other end? A miser! If we overdo the using of spare moments we may find an invalid at the end, while perhaps if we allowed ourselves more idle time we would conserve our nervous strength and health to more than the value the work we could accomplish by emulating at all times the little busy bee)