“Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.”
How many times during each of our lives have we heard these words? Despite how often you have heard these words, how many of you know where these words come from? We all know these as words of encouragement, words that tell us the benefit of diligence and hard work.Most who know a little about these words, will attribute them to Benjamin Franklin, and his publication of Poor Richard’s Almanac. In the 1735 version of the almanac, most Americans first saw these words in print. Words that Franklin saw as giving an earnest intent, with an uplifting message that reached …
