"No," said another, "Mr.Adams is not in his seat." It was found that the clock was three minutes fast, and prompt to the minute, Mr.Adams arrived.
Webster was never late at a recitation in school or college.

In court, in congress, in society, he was equally punctual.

Amid the cares and distractions of a singularly busy life, Horace Greeley managed to be on time for every appointment.

Many a trenchant paragraph for the "Tribune" was written while the editor was waiting for men of leisure, tardy at some meeting.
Punctuality is the soul of business, as brevity is of wit.
During the first seven years of his mercantile career, Amos Lawrence did not permit a bill to remain unsettled over Sunday.

Punctuality is said to be the politeness of princes.