The book “A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy by Mr Yorick” was written by Laurence Sterne (1713–1768), an Anglican cleric with great powers of observation and humour. We can find the motto right at the beginning of the book: “Idlers who leave their home country go abroad for some reason or reasons that can be derived from one of these general causes - illness of the body, imbecility of the spirit, or inevitable need.”