Toby. Approach, Sir Andrew. Not to be abed after midnight is to be up betimes; and "Deliculo surgere," thou know'st.*
Andrew. Nay, by my troth, I know not, but I know to be up late is to be up late,
Toby. A false conclusion; I hate it as an unfilled can. To be up after midnight, and to go to bed then, is early; so that to go to bed after midnight is to go to bed betimes. Does not our lives consist of the four elements?
Andrew. Faith, so they say; but I think it rather consists of eating and drinking.
Toby. Th' art a scholar! Let us therefore eat and drink. Marian I say, a stoup of wine!
-William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Act II, Scene III
*Ed. Note: Those of Shakespeare's time would have recognized Diluculo surgere saluberrimum est as "it is most beautiful to rise early.
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