Our minds must have relaxation: rested, they will rise up better and keener. Just as we must not force fertile fields (for uninterrupted production will quickly exhaust them), so continual labor will break the power of our minds. They will recover their strength, however, after they have had a little freedom and relaxation.
often known simply as Seneca, or Seneca the Younger,
was a Roman philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and humorist