 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.  Mrs. Hale's Receipts for the Million ... - Page 583by Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1857 - 721 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry Barnard - Education - 1872 - 988 pages
...' 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 gnre of a minute, throw not away an hour.' Leisure is time for doing something useful ; this leisure... | |
 | Godfrey Golding - 1873 - 348 pages
...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...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 the lazy... | |
 | Almanacs, American - 1870 - 684 pages
...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,...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 the lazy... | |
 | Jeremiah Chaplin - Biography & Autobiography - 1876 - 416 pages
...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;...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 the lazy... | |
 | Godfrey Golding - 1877 - 268 pages
...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...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 the... | |
 | William Torrey Harris, Andrew Jackson Rickoff, Mark Bailey - Readers - 1878 - 508 pages
...say, 'Must a man afford himself no leisure ? ' I will tell you, my friends, what Poor Richard says: 'Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure...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 the lazy... | |
 | John Miller D. Meiklejohn - 1880 - 426 pages
...say, Must a man afford himself no leisure ? I will tell thee, my friend, what Poor Eichard says : ' Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure;...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 the lazy... | |
 | sir Robert Harry Inglis Palgrave - 1882 - 250 pages
...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...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 the lazy... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 626 pages
...himself no leisure?' I will tell thee, my friend, what Poor Richard says, Employ thy time well, if them 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; this leisure the diligent man will obtain, but the lazy... | |
 | Chautauquas - 1882 - 630 pages
...by diligence and patiences* mouse ate in two the cable; and little strokes fell P** oaks.' 32б 327 gain leisure; and, since thou art not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour.' Lei.sure in time for doing something useful; this leisure the diligent man will obtain, but the lazy... | |
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