But, dost thou love life? then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of,
- Source
- The Way to Wealth, 1758 (quoting Poor Richard)
- Written
- 1758
About this quotation
The Way to Wealth is made of maxims from Poor Richard’s Almanack, strung together in the speech of an old man, Father Abraham, at an auction. This line is introduced there with the phrase “as Poor Richard says”, and it is the best-known of them.