Poor Matthew's Almanac of Popular Wisdom

Inspired by the witty wordplay, common sense sayings, and practical proverbs of Benjamin Franklin as published in his Poor Richard's Almanack during the waning days of colonial America, I hereby make my first entry in Poor Matt's Almanac of Popular Wisdom:

"It is far easier to keep up than to catch up."

This is generally true, concise, and easy to remember. Brilliant in its simplicity, don't you think? Now I just need to find a way to introduce it into common usage and wait for my royalties to pour in. People pay royalties for the use of popular aphorisms, don't they? No? Darn. There's another brilliant money-making scheme down the drain. Ah well. I thought it sounded clever and I hope you enjoy it.

Here's another entry:

"You either get up or you get left."

It doesn't have as much universal application, but it sounds nice rolling off the tongue when you're saying it to a lazy teenager or other habitually late person who commonly sleeps through alarms.

Yours truly,
Poor Matthew