 | British prose literature - 1821 - 356 pages
...difficult, but industry all easy; and he that riseth late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night; while laziness travels so slowly,...hoping for better times ? We may make these times better, if we bestir ourselves. ' Industry need not wish, and he that lives upon hope will die fasting.... | |
 | Apprentices - 1821 - 156 pages
...difficult, but industry all easy ; and he that riseth late, must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night : while laziness travels so slowly,...wealthy and wise," as Poor Richard says. " So what signify wishing and hop>ing for better times ? We may make these times Better, if we bestir ourselves.... | |
 | Cooking - 1821 - 24 pages
...late, must trot all day, ami shall scarce overtake his business at ni^ht ; while laziness travel« so slowly, that poverty soon overtakes him. Drive...that drive thee ; and early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and »vise.," as Poor Richard says. "So what signify wishing and hoping... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1821 - 232 pages
...difficult, but industry all easy ; and he that riseth late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night ; while laziness travels so slowly, that poverty soon overtakes him. Drive tby business, let not that drive thee : and early to bed, and early to rise, makes a man healtby, wealtby,... | |
 | Mason Locke Weems - Statesmen - 1822 - 272 pages
...difficult, but industry all easy; and lie that riseth late, must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night; while laziness travels so slowly,...and hoping for better times? we may make these times better, if we bestir ourselves. "Industry need not wish, and he that lives upon hope will die fasting.... | |
 | William Pinnock - Readers (Elementary) - 1822 - 252 pages
...easy,' as Poor Richard says : and he that riseth late, must trot 'all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night : while laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him ; and Poor Richard adds/Drive thy business, let not thatdrivethee;' and ' Early to bed and early to... | |
 | Jesse Torrey - Ethics - 1824 - 308 pages
...difficult, but industry all easy: and, he that riseth late, must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night ; while laziness travels so slowly,...healthy, wealthy and wise,' as Poor Richard says. 9 " So that what signifies wishing and hoping for better times ? We may make these times better if... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1825 - 324 pages
...travels so slowly, that poverty soon overtakes him,' as we read in poor Richard ; who adds, ' Drive thv business, let not that drive thee ;' and. ' early to bed, and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.' " So what signifies wishing and hoping for better times ?... | |
 | United States - 1826 - 422 pages
...as poor Richard says ; and, ' he that riseth late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night ; while laziness travels so slowly, that poverty soon overtakes him,' as we read in poor Richard ; who adds, ' Drive thy business, let not that drive thee ;' and, • Early... | |
 | United States - 1826 - 440 pages
...as poor Richard says ; and, ' he that riseth late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night ; while laziness travels so slowly, that poverty soon overtakes him,' as we read in poor Richard ; who adds, ' Drive thy business, let not that drive thee ;' and, ' Early... | |
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Let us then up and be doing, and doing to the purpose, so by diligence shall we do more with less perplexity. ' Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry all easy, and he that riseth late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business... 
