| Chapbooks - 1796 - 34 pages
...the office will enable us to pay our taxes — If we are industrious, we shall never* starve; for, " at the working man's house hunger looks in, but dares not enter." Nor will the bailiff or the constable enter, for "industry pays debts, while despair encreaseth them."... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1820 - 72 pages
...industry easy/ as poor Richard says ; and ' He that riscth late must trot all day, and shall scarcely 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 o bed,... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - American literature - 1804 - 78 pages
...industry all easy," as poor Richard says; and, "he who riseth late, must trot all day, and will scarcely 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... | |
| Gleaner - 1805 - 426 pages
...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...travels so slowly, that poverty soon overtakes him. Drive thy business, let not that drive then ; and, " Early to bed, and early to rise, " Makes a raan... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1806 - 586 pages
...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...travels so slowly, that poverty soon overtakes him. Drive thy business, let not that drive thee : and early to bed, and early to rise, makes a man healthy,... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - American literature - 1806 - 590 pages
...difficult, but industry all easy ; and he that riseth late, must trot all day, and shall scarce otertake his business at night; while laziness travels so slowly, that poverty soon overtakes him. Drive thy business, let not that drive thee ; and early to bed, and early to arise, makes a man healthy,... | |
| Elegant extracts - 1812 - 310 pages
...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...travels so slowly, that poverty soon overtakes him Drive thy business, let not that drive thee ; and early to bed, and early to rise, makes a man hcalttty,... | |
| James Plumptre - English drama - 1812 - 424 pages
...less perplexity. " Sloth " makes all things difficult, but industry all easy ;" and " He that riseth late, must trot all day, and shall scarce "overtake...travels so slowly, that poverty soon overtakes him." " Drive thy business, let not that drive thee;" and " Early to bed, and early to rise, makes a. man... | |
| 1812 - 314 pages
...industry all easy," as poor Richard says; and, "he who riseth late, must trot all day, and will scarcely 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... | |
| George Miller - 1813 - 638 pages
...Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry all easy," as poor Richard says.j and, " he that riseth late must trot all day, and shall, scarce overtake his business at night ; while laziness travels so f lowly that, poverty j 2 soon soon overtakes him," as we read in poor Richard j who adds, " Drive... | |
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