Some men are always running to catch up with their business: they are always in a hurry, and give you the impression that they are late for a train.

They lack method, and seldom accomplish much.

Every business man knows that there are moments on which hang the destiny of years.

If you arrive a few moments late at the bank, your paper may be protested and your credit ruined.
One of the best things about school and college life is that the bell which strikes the hour for rising, for recitations, or for lectures, teaches habits of promptness.

Every young man should have a watch which is a good timekeeper; one that is _nearly_ right encourages bad habits, and is an expensive investment at any price.
"Oh, how I do appreciate a boy who is always on time!" says H.C.
Brown.