 | Anna Maria Hall - 1858 - 342 pages
...lands,' and ' Diligence is the mother of good luck,' and that grand long one I wrote in small-hand — ' Since thou art not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour.' " " Yes, dear, those were pleasant days ; I mind them well. When he went, all went. " No, mother,"... | |
 | Americans - 1859 - 80 pages
...to-day. Let not the sun look down and sny, Inglorious, here we list. The cat in gloves catches no mice. Employ thy time well if thou meanest to gain leisure...art not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour. Troubles spring from idleness, and grevious toils from needless ease ; many without labour would live... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1859 - 482 pages
...what Poor Richard says : Employ thy time well, man afford himself no leisure ?' I will tell thee, mj •if thou meanest to gain leisure; and since thou art not sure of a moment, throw not away an hour. Leisure is time for doing something useful : this leisure the diligent... | |
 | Sunbeams - 1861 - 368 pages
...waggynge on the gallowes ; and whyles they do take their medicine, put no lubberwort in theyr potage." Time for doing something useful. This leisure the diligent man will obtain, but the lazy man never. A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. — Franklin. letter (3). What is a letter... | |
 | William M. Thayer - Apprentices - 1861 - 304 pages
...leave that till to-morrow which you can do to-day." " Leisure is time for doing something useful." " A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things." " Fly pleasures, and they will follow you. The diligent spinner has a large shift, and, now I have... | |
 | William Makepeace Thayer - 1860 - 342 pages
...leave that till to-morrow which you can do to-day." " Leisure is time for doing something useful." "A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things." "Fly pleasures, and they will follow yon. The diligent spinner has a large shift, and, now I have a... | |
 | Elements - Success - 1862 - 246 pages
...mother of good luck, and God gives all things to industry." " One to-day is worth two to-morrows." " Employ thy time well if thou meanest to gain leisure...art not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour." He once addressed the following counsel to a young trader : — " Remember that time is money. He that... | |
 | Samuel Stillman Greene - English language - 1862 - 266 pages
...when you do take the means whereby I live. Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain lcisure ; and since thou art not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour. If you would have your business done, go j if not, ELEMENTS. NOTE. — A careful examination of the... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1864 - 260 pages
...Must a man afford himself no leisure ?" — I will tell thee, my friend, what pool Richard says : " Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure;...leisure the diligent man will obtain, but the lazy mat* never ; so that, as poor Richard says, " A life of leisure ana a life of laziness are two things.'*... | |
 | William Peterfield Trent, Benjamin Willis Wells - American literature - 1903 - 1042 pages
...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...the lazy man never ; for, A life of leisure and a lite of laziness are two things. Many, without labor, would live by their wits only, but they break... | |
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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. 
