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 t