Saturday, August 27, 2011

Early to bed

I feel extra tired this evening for some reason. I need to go to bed early. Sometimes I make that resolution, then I sit reading a book or surfing the web until all hours, so this time I really have to follow through.

Early to bed and early to rise,
makes a man healthy wealthy and wise.
Poor Richard's Almanack (Benjamin Franklin)

Looking up that quote, I found one I liked even better:

A Ship under sail and a big-bellied Woman,
Are the handsomest two things that can be seen common.

Although somehow I think he means a woman who is expecting a child, not a woman who just eats a lot and has a big stomach as a result. But who knows?