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 poverty soon overtakes him.

Who is there that can be handsomely Supported in Affluence, Ease and Pleasure by another, that will chuse rather to earn his Bread by the Sweat of his own Brows?

Idle hands are the devil's playthings.

How much more than necessary do we spend in sleep, forgetting that the sleeping fox catches no poultry, and that there will be sleeping enough in the grave, as Poor Richard says.

Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.

Idleness is the Dead Sea that swallows all virtues

He that riseth late, must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night.

Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry all things easy.