Bonaventure, on Eccl 4:6

“Better is a handful with rest, than both hands full with labour, and vexation of mind.”

“But in this laziness of sloth he seems to himself to have an excuse of wisdom; whence he also adds, saying: "Better is a handful with rest than both hands full with labor and affliction of spirit." This is the maxim of the sluggard, by which he excuses himself; whence it is said in Proverbs chapter twenty-six: "The sluggard seems wiser to himself than seven men who speak maxims." — And thus is intimated in the sluggard the torpor of sloth, because he folds his hands; the endurance of penury, because he eats his flesh; the excuse of ignorance, because he praises rest.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.