Unnecessary Delays in all Pressing Affairs are but just so much time
Lost, beside the Hazard of Intervening Contingencies that may Endanger
a Total Disappointment. Let not the Work of _to day_ be put off ’till
_to morrow_; for the Future is Uncertain; and he that lyes down to Sleep
in the Middle of Bus’ness that requires Action, does not know whether
he shall live to ’wake again: Or with the _Hare_ in the Fable here,
Out-sleep his Opportunity. A Plodding Diligence brings us sooner to our
Journey’s End, then a Fluttering Way of Advancing by Starts and by Stops;
for ’tis Perseverance Alone that can carry us Thorough-Stitch.