All platitudes aside, there are some unique ideas in all of this.
The idea is that if time and money are not interchangeable to some extent then why would anyone be allowed to charge for their time. Our society recognizes that some persons have time of greater cash value than anothers, but this does not mean that ones time is less valuable. This apparent inconsistency is further complicated by the idea in another platitude, "you have to make hay while the sun shines." What this means is that time can change value based on the circumstances as well as the skill level and use of the time the later two being circumstances themselves I suppose.
Some time appears to be valueless, some time is of incalculable value.
Each moment must be evaluated on its on merits. One who seeks to whitewash different times ignores the difference between the time spent sleeping and the time spent writing a symphony. One may be more valuable than the other, but both have value.
For some one connection between their time and the value is easier to tell. The hourly worker. But sometimes the lack of time reflects a higher cost (and sometimes lower). This is where uncertainty may be critical.
If I force you to do work you would not have to do but for my force, are you only entitled to what I think you should pay or what you have forced me to accept.
The idea that one person can unilaterally put a price on time of another is absured. Even the hourly worker occasionally takes some of his time to scratch his/her neck; to think of things other than the work at hand.
The idea is that there are two aspects of time that have value. One is the experience of existence, of incalculable value, but still subject to calculation if, in fact, time is money (and therefore money is time). The other is the price we put on certain acts we perform which we exchange for money or which, in some cases, are taken for us without compensation or, for the rare few moment, are not given at all, but are merely preserved on a page.
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