Early to Bed and early to rise, makes a Man healthy, wealthy and wise.

Franklin, Benjamin. "Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1735." Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay. Library of America, 2005.

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Franklin, Benjamin [published as Richard Saunders]. Poor Richard's Almanack. Philadelphia, 1735.

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