“I have so much to do that I shall spend the first three hours in prayer.”

“I've got so much work to do today, I'd better spend two hours in prayer instead of one.”

“It would have been better to come back at the same hour,” said the fox. “If, for example, you came at four o’clock in the afternoon, then at three o’clock I shall begin to be happy. I shall feel happier and happier as the hour advances. At four o’clock, I shall already be worrying and jumping about. I shall show you how happy I am! But if you come at just any time, I shall never know at what hour my heart is to be ready to greet you . . . One must observe the proper rites . . .”

“Much more prayer is called for, clearly, but first I will take a nap.”

“I do my precalc homework, and then when I'm done I actually sit with the textbook for like three hours and try to understand what I just did. That's the kind of weekend it is--the kind where you have so much time you go past the answers and start looking into the ideas.”

“Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.”