Means of obtaining a long and healthy life / by Lewis Cornaro ; with notes by Mason L. Weems ; to which is added, The way to wealth, by Doctor Franklin.

  • Cornaro, Luigi, 1475-1566.
Date:
1809
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Credit: Means of obtaining a long and healthy life / by Lewis Cornaro ; with notes by Mason L. Weems ; to which is added, The way to wealth, by Doctor Franklin. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    Richard says. But dost thou love life, then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of, as Poor Richard says. How much more than is necessary do we spend in sleep i forgetting that The sleeping fox catches no poultry, and that there will be sleeping enough in the grave, as Poor Richard says* If time be of all things the most pre- cious, wasting time must be, as Poor Richard says, the greatest prodigality ; since, as he elsewhere telis us, Losi time is never founJ again ; and what we call time enough always proves little enough : Let us then up and be doing, and uoing to the pur- pose ; so by diligence shall we do more 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 his business at night; while laziness travels so slowly, that pover- ty soon overtakes him. Drive thy busi- ness, let not that drive thee ; and early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise, as Poor Richard says. So what signifies wishing and hoping for better times '. We may make these times better, if we bestir ourselves. In- dustry need not wish, and he that lives upon hope will die fasting. There are no gains