Among the worst time-wasters, I'd put those who spend all their time drinking and indulging in debauchery. No one wastes their life more shamefully. At least other people—even misers, angry people, those who hate for no reason or start pointless wars—are chasing something that feels important to them, even if it's fake glory. They're still sinning like human beings. But people who give themselves over to gluttony and lust? Their sin is just disgraceful. Look at every hour of their lives. See how much time they spend scheming about money, plotting against others, living in fear, giving and receiving fake flattery, making deals and promises for themselves and others, attending banquets that become serious business. You'll see they get no rest from either their pleasures or their anxieties.
Among these I reckon in the first place those who devote their time to nothing but drinking and debauchery: for no men are busied more shamefully: the others, although the glory which they pursue is but a counterfeit, still deserve some credit for their pursuit of it—though you may tell me of misers, of passionate men, of men who hate and who even wage war without a cause—yet all such men sin like men: but the sin of those who are given up to gluttony and lust is a disgraceful one. Examine all the hours of their lives: consider how much time they spend in calculation, how much in plotting, how much in fear, how much in giving and deceiving flattery, how much in entering into recognizances for themselves or for others, how much in banquets, which indeed become a serious business, you will see that they are not allowed any breathing time either by their pleasures or their pains.