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Show By employing in this Manner the Hours that are ufually fpent in Clubs in Public Houfes, you will improve yourfCif as fall as others debauch them f~I,· cs . Let a young Gentleman have ever fo fJir a ProfpeCl in Life, it will be neceflilTy for him to iludy CEco nomy; in order to which one Particul ar is • bfolutely necelfary, viz. That he look into his AfFJirs himfelf. It was a wife Advice of an antient Sage, Never to trufl that to another, which a Man can do himfelf. The Confequences of a Gentleman's negletling to look into his own Accounts, may, and generally do prove fatal, even th ough he himfelf lives within his Income. For fuch is the Weaknefs of human Nature, that very few can refill the Temptations of appropriating to themfelves what they think they are not likely to be called to account for. And he mull be a very faithful Steward indeed, who fees his Lord negletl to call him to give an Account of his Stewardfhip, and will not think of making free with fome Part of what comes through his Hands. Bcfides, the molt faithful, and molt prudent Manager of other Men's Affairs, may miilake the Intereil of his Employer, if he never confults him, nor receives any Diretlions from him. It is to be obferved, that the molt open-hearted People, who value M'oney the leaft, and let it /lip through their Fingers the molt eafily, arc the very People, that bear Poverty the worft; their generous Tempers fuffering the molt fenfibly from the Confideration of its being out of their Power to fupport the Charatler they aim at, and to Chew Kindncfs to diftrelfed Worth, as they could defire; and ftill more, if they are forced to be dependellt upon, or under ( 9 ) under Obligations to others. Nor is any Perfon fo unfit to flruggle through the Diilicultics of Life, as one who has been genteely eJucated, apd has been wholly unaccuftomed to Har Jfhips. It is the negletl of CEconomy, necellary in the greatefr Affiuence, as well as in inferior Circumfrances, that reduces fo many of our Gentlemen of Fortune to the wretched Neceffity of becoming dependent on a Court, and draws them into all the bafc and fhamelefs Pratlices of Bribery, and Venality, which are the Difg racc, and will in all Probability be the R uin, of the Nation. There is no Station fo high as to exempt a Perfon fr om Bufin efs : For indeed every Station has its proper Buii nefs and Duty, which no Perfon can anf wcr negl-eCting. A Man or W .oman of Fortune, whu pafs thei r Life in a Manner ufelefs to themfeivcs or their Country, may pretend to what Digni ty or Rank they pleafe: But in the Eye of fupe rior Beings, the laborious Hufbandman, who employs his time in railing out of the Ground what is to fup port the the Life of Man, is much more tr uly noble and valuable, than the id le and inaClive Per/on of Q;•ality, who only eats the Fruits uf the Labour of the InJuftrious. As it is ext remely eafy for a Perfon to increafe his Expenccs, if he finds his Income will bear it, it fecms fircmge, that People do not choote rather to fet out in a moderate way at firft, which they may afterwards exceed a little, if they think p•oper, than to begin Life in an expenfive way, which they know they cannot afterwards !ellen, if the Neccflity of their AfFairs lhould require it, without looking little in the Eyes of the W odd. 1f a Citizen begins Houfe-ket ping |