by Walter K. Kelly.
Originally published in The National Magazine (National Magazine Company) #2 (Dec 1856).
EARLY TO BED, EARLY TO RISE.
MAKES A MAN HEALTHY, WEALTHY, AND WISE.
"“The early bird gets the worm;" and "The cow that's first up gets the first o' the dew" (Scotch).—All languages bear similar testimony to the value of early rising. E.g. "The morning hour has gold in its mouth" (German),--Morgenstund hat Gold in Mund. "The fox fears not the boaster at night, but the early riser" (Servian). But there is another side to the question, since "For all one's early rising, the day dawns none the sooner” (Span.),— Por mucho madrugar no amanece mas aina.
TWO HEADS ARE BETTER THAN ONE.
"Four eyes see more than two" (Span.),—Mas veen quatro ojos que no dos; and "Pope and peasant know more than the pope alone,"—Sa più il papa e un contadino che il papa solo, as they say in Venice.