Long is the night to the wakeful

Long is the night to the wakeful, long the league to one who is exhausted
(with travel). Long is the process of faring (through repeated existences) to
those spiritually immature ones who do not know the real truth (saddhamma).

The Dhammapada

DHAMMPADA

That monk who while young devotes himself
to the Teaching of the Buddha
illumines this world like the moon
freed from clouds.

The Dhammpada.