Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise
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"Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise," wrote Benjamin Franklin in his Poor Richard's Almanack.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 8, 2011
Drive thy business, let not that drive thee; and, Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise, as Poor Richard says.
From True to His Home A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin by H. Winthrop Pierce
Such as: "Haste makes waste"; "Well done is better than well said"; and "Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise."
From The Child's Book of American Biography by Mary Stoyell Stimpson
Drive thy business, let not that drive thee; and Early to bed, and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise, as poor Richard says.
From How to Get on in the World A Ladder to Practical Success by Major A.R. Calhoon
Drive thy business, let not that drive thee; and, Early to bed, and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise, as Poor Richard says.
From Franklin's Autobiography (Eclectic English Classics) by Benjamin Franklin
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