 | Lydia Howard Sigourney - 1857 - 364 trang
...never overtake it. By diligence and patience, the mouse ate into the cable. "Employ time well, and since thou art not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour. Yet depend not too much upon thine own industry, frugality, and prudence, though they are excellent... | |
 | William Chambers - 1858 - 378 trang
...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...the diligent man will obtain, but the lazy man never ; so that, as poor Richard says : ' A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things.' Do you... | |
 | Ferdinand E. A. Gasc - 1858 - 362 trang
...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...something useful : this leisure the diligent man will obtain,6 but the lazy man never ; so that, as poor Richard says, ' A life of le1sure and a life of... | |
 | Anna Maria Hall - 1858 - 342 trang
...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,"... | |
 | 1859 - 80 trang
...list. The cat in gloves catches no mice. Employ thy time well if thou meanest to gain leisure ; and, since thou 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... | |
 | Sunbeams - 1861 - 368 trang
...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 - 1861 - 304 trang
...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 trang
...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 - 1862 - 246 trang
..." One to-day is worth two to-morrows." " Employ thy time well if thou meanest to gain leisure ; and since thou 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... | |
 | William Peterfield Trent, Benjamin Willis Wells - 1903 - 1042 trang
...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...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. 
