He had-reluctantly, perhaps, honestly, no doubt; but with full determination-come to the conclusion that there are secret springs which can only be detected by the twigs of the divining-rod; and having discovered with what comparative ease the whole mechanism of his little government could be carried on by the admission of the birch-regulator, so, as he grew richer and lazier and fatter, the Philhellenic Institute spun along as glibly as a top kept in vivacious movement by the perpetual application of the lash.
"The Caxtons, Part 2"
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
The more thyroid he has, the more energetic will he be-the less thyroid the less energetic, and the lazier.
"The Glands Regulating Personality"
Louis Berman, M.D.
Month by month he grew fatter and lazier and slower of speech.
"The Second Generation"
David Graham Phillips