Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off till to-morrow what you can do to-day.

The quote treats time as a finite resource whose “true value” is grasped only when one acts decisively. The clustered verbs—“snatch, seize, and enjoy”—suggest both urgency and pleasure: time should be actively taken hold of, not merely endured. The second sentence turns from aspiration to discipline, naming the chief enemies of purposeful living (idleness, laziness, procrastination) and culminating in a maxim of immediate action. Beyond productivity, the passage implies a moral stance: character is revealed in how one uses the present moment, and postponement is a form of self-betrayal.