Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of …

Lord Chesterfield
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Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off till tomorrow what you can do today. ✨ Lord Chesterfield's Advice to His Son, on Men and Manners: Or, A New System of Education. Book by Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield, 1815.
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