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His insomnia was so bad, he couldn't sleep during office hours.
Sep 24, 2025
Sleep, rest of things, O pleasing Deity, Peace of the soul, which cares dost crucify, Weary bodies refresh and mollify.
Oh, insomnia! Ah, well, I know a good cure for it... Get plenty of sleep.
Some people talk in their sleep. Lecturers talk while other people sleep.
I've always envied people who sleep easily. Their brains must be cleaner, the floorboards of the skull well swept, all the little monsters closed up in a steamer trunk at the foot of the bed.
O sleep! O gentle sleep! Nature's soft nurse.
The worst thing in the world is to be bland.
Many things, such as loving, going to sleep, or behaving unaffectedly - are done worst when we try hardest to do them.
Sleep: a poor substitute for caffeine!
Sleep is the interest we have to pay on the capital which is called in at death; and the higher the rate of interest and the more regularly it is paid, the further the date of redemption is postponed.
Insomnia is a gross feeder. It will nourish itself on any kind of thinking, including thinking about not thinking.
Now blessings light on him that first invented this same sleep. It covers a man all over, thoughts and all, like a cloak.
Now, blessings light on him that first invented sleep!Ê It covers a man all over, thoughts and all, like a cloak; it is meat for the hungry, drink for the thirsty, heat for the cold, and cold for the hot.Ê It is the current coin that purchases all the pleasures of the world cheap, and the balance that sets the king and the shepherd, the fool and the wise man, even.
A flock of sheep that leisurely pass by One after one; the sound of rain, and bees Murmuring; the fall of rivers, winds and seas, Smooth fields, white sheets of water, and pure sky - I've thought of all by turns, and still I lie Sleepless.
The worst thing in the world is to try to sleep and not to.
And if tonight my soul may find her peace in sleep, and sink in good oblivion, and in the morning wake like a new-opened flower then I have been dipped again in God, and new-created.
The feeling of sleepiness when you are not in bed, and can't get there, is the meanest feeling in the world.
O bed! O bed! delicious bed! That heaven upon earth to the weary head.
Bed is a bundle of paradoxes: we go to it with reluctance, yet we quit it with regret.
The bed is a bundle of paradoxes: we go to it with reluctance, yet we quit it with regret; we make up our minds every night to leave it early, but we make up our bodies every morning to keep it late.
All men whilst they are awake are in one common world: but each of them, when he is asleep, is in a world of his own.
Sleeping is no mean art: for its sake one must stay awake all day.
The amount of sleep required by the average person is five minutes more.
It appears that every man's insomnia is as different from his neighbours as are their daytime hopes and aspirations.
Laugh and the world laughs with you!
Laugh and the world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone.
Don't fight with the pillow, but lay down your head And kick every worriment out of the bed.
A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow.
There is more refreshment and stimulation in a nap, even of the briefest, than in all the alcohol ever distilled.
It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it.
Early to bed and early to rise makes a person dull, boring, and despised.
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
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