O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dryand thirsty land, where no water is.

-Bible (Old Testament)
Psalms 63:1.

Except the L build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the L keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.

-Bible (Old Testament)
ORDORDPsalms127:1^2.

Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!

-Bible (Old Testament)
Isaiah 5:11.

I meant to be prompt, but it never occurred to me that I had better try to be early.

-Day, Clarence Shepard
  Life With Father,'Father teaches me to be prompt'.

: Say, is it too early for a drink? : What's early about it? It's tomorrow in Europe and yesterday in China.

-Gordon, Ruth
  MAXPOLLY1943  Over Twenty-One, act 3.

Is not a Patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern ona manstruggling for life inthewater, and,whenhehas reached ground, encumbers him with help? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it.

-Johnson, Samuel known as Dr Johnson
  Letter to Lord Chesterfield,7 Feb. Quoted in  James Boswell The Life of Samuel Johnson (1791), vol.1.

Trois heures, c'est toujours trop tard ou trop to"  t pour tout ce qu'on veut faire. Three o'clock is always either too late or too early for anything one might want to do.

-Sartre,Jean-Paul
  La Nause¤  e,'Vendredi'.

Whatever may have been my enthusiasm or impatience to be up and doing on the night before, the hour for getting up always finds me with no other ambition in the world than to be permitted to lie where I am and sleep, sleep, sleep.Not soTilman.Ihave never met anyonewith such a complete disregard for the sublime comforts of the early morning bed. However monstrously early we might decide, thenight before, toget up, hewas about at least half an hour before the time. He was generally very good about it, and used to sit placidly smoking his pipe over the fire.

-Shipton, Eric Earle
  On climbing with H W (Bill) Tilman. Nanda Devi.