Early to Bed “Early to bed early to rise makes a man healthy wealthy and wise,” is one of the most widely quoted proverbs from Benjamin Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanac. This proverb is seldom disputed however I fail to see the logic behind it. I think that he who goes to bed early misses out on a lot of things and must be antisocial. Let us just say that everybody in the world sleeps eight hours a day, and every one goes to bed at about eleven and gets up around seven but he who wishes to be healthy, wealthy , and wise goes to bed around eight and wake up at about four. He would still get the same amount of sleep as the rest of the world because not only did he go