But Bob was neither rudely bold
Nor spiritlessly tame;
Nor was, like theirs, his bosom cold,
But always in a flame.
—William Cowper.
SLOTH MAKES ALL THINGS DIFFICULT.
Sloth makes all things difficult; but Industry, all easy; and he that rises late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night; while Laziness travels so slowly that Poverty soon overtakes him.
—Benjamin Franklin.
The year’s at the Spring,