 Methinks I hear some of you say, Must a Man afford himself no Leisure? I will tell thee, my friend, what Poor Richard says, Employ thy Time well, if thou meanest to gain Leisure; and, since thou art not sure of a Minute, throw not away an Hour.  The Stoddard Library: Eliot-Gladstone - Page 275by John Lawson Stoddard - 1913Full view - About this book
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