 | Capel Lofft - 1837 - 608 pagina’s
...and that of no ordinary worth, but an inestimable thing, the most precious of all treasures — Time. He takes the day by the forelock ; he drives it, instead...beginning is auspicious of the end. I will say no more — truth is short, and words are endless ; only I must regret that this great virtue, and instrument... | |
 | Capel Lofft - 1846 - 528 pagina’s
...that of no ordinary worth, but an inestimable thing, the most precious of all treasures, — Time. He takes the day by the forelock ; he drives it, instead...beginning is auspicious of the end. I will say no more, — truth is short, and words are endless ; only I must regret that this great virtue and instrument... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1857 - 490 pagina’s
...that of no ordinary worth, but an inestimable thing, the most precious of all treasures, — Time. lie takes the day by the forelock ; he drives it, instead...of being driven, or, rather, dragged along by it. For my whole life through, this difficulty of early rising has been a quicksand in my course. I have... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1858 - 480 pagina’s
...inestimable thing, the most precious of all treasures, — Time. He takes the day by the forelock ; ha drives it, instead of being driven, or, rather, dragged along by it. For my whole life through, this difficulty of early rising has been a quicksand in my course. I have... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1867 - 540 pagina’s
...that of no ordinary worth, but an inestimable thing, the most precious of all treasures, — Time. He takes the day by the forelock ; he drives it, instead...of being driven, or, rather, dragged along by it. For my whole life through, this difficulty of early rising has been a quicksand in my course. I have... | |
 | William Mathews - 1877 - 360 pagina’s
...and it is already settled upon its lees ; it is stale, flat, and vapid. Again, the early riser seizes the day by the forelock ; he drives it instead of being driven, or rather dragged along, by it. Then, all the great men, — especially those who have distinguished themselves in literature, science,... | |
 | William Mathews - 1903 - 442 pagina’s
...beforehand with the world. He has laid up the most precious of all treasures, time, in advance. He seizes the day by the forelock; he drives it, instead of being driven by it. Better still, the briskness and alacrity of these early hours impart themselves almost inevitably... | |
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The early-rising man has the same conscious comfort through the day as the prudent, thrifty householder has through life ; he is beforehand with the world, he has laid up something in advance, and that of no ordinary worth, but an inestimable thing, the... 