 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1839 - 246 pages
...time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure ; and since thou art not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour." Leisure is time for doing something useful...poor Richard says, " A life of leisure and a life of laziness-are two things." Do you imagine that sloth will afford you more comfort than labour ? No;... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1839 - 96 pages
...time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure ; and sinee thou art not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour.' Leisure is time for doing something useful : this leisure the diligent man will obtain, but tho lazy man never ; so that, as poor Riehard says, ' A life of leisure and a life of laziness are... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Political science - 1840 - 342 pages
...time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure ; and since thou art not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour.' Leisure is time for doing something useful...never; so that, as poor Richard says, ' A life of leiI gure and a life of laziness are two things.' Do you imagine that sloth will afford you more comfort... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 292 pages
...if thou meanest to gain leisure ; and since tUou art not sure of a minute, throw not away an hoar.' Leisure is time for doing something useful : this...never; so that, as poor Richard says, ' A life of leicure and a life of laziness are two things.' Do you imagine that sloth will afford you more comfort... | |
 | Edward Stanley Bosanquet - 1840 - 436 pages
...time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure ; and since thou art not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour. Leisure is time for doing something useful;...the diligent man will obtain, but the lazy man never ; for a life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. Many, without labour, would live by... | |
 | 1842 - 194 pages
...time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure; and since thou art not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour.' Leisure is time for doing something useful...things.' Do you imagine that sloth will afford you 14 more comfort than labor ? No ; for, as poor Richard says, 'Troubles spring from idleness, an I grievous... | |
 | Elizabeth Frank - 1842 - 304 pages
...your time well, if you mean to gain leisure ; and since you are not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour." Leisure is time for doing something useful...the diligent man will obtain, but the lazy man never ; for, " A life of leisure, and a life of laziness, are two things. Many, without labour, would live... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1844 - 600 pages
...time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure ; and, since than art not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour. Leisure is time for doing something useful...the diligent man will obtain, but the lazy man never ; for Jl life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. Many, without labor, would live by... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1846 - 320 pages
...time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure; and since thou art not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour.' Leisure is time for doing something useful...imagine that sloth will afford you more comfort than labor? No; for, as poor Richard says, 'Troubles spring from idleness, and grievous toils from needless... | |
 | Materials - 1846 - 478 pages
...finds a relaxation of mind, than a dangerous charm that might corrupt him.— Si Kvremond. ncccLxiv. Leisure is time for doing something useful : this...of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. — Franklin. DCCCLXV. Mendicants. — Mendicants have great comforts ; they require a good address,... | |
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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. 
