“6080. Early to go to Bed, and early to rise,
Will make a Man Healthy, Wealthy and Wise.”

— Thomas Fuller (writer)

Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1735) : Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

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British physician, preacher, and intellectual 1654–1734

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