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Show 28 [G.P.] THE WAY TO WEALTH. ‘ Methinks I hear fome of you fay, " Mutt a THE WAY TO WEALTH. 29 " ofcare does us more damage than want of know - " man afford himfelf no leifure P" ---I will tell " ledge;" and again, " Not to overfee work men ‘ thee, my friend, what Poor Rz‘clmrd fays ; " Em- " ploy thy time well, if thou meanelt to gain lei-« " 18 to leave them your purle open." Truftin, ‘ too much to others care is the ruin of manyg« " fure; and fince thou art not fure of a minute, ‘ for, " In the affairs of this world, men are " throw not away an hour." Leifure is time for ‘ doing fomething ufeful; this leifure the diligent " faved, not by faith, but by the want of it " ‘ But a man's own care is profitable; for, "'If ‘ man will obtain, but the lazy man never; for, A life of leifure and a life of lazinefs are two things. Many, withoutlabour, would live by their wits only, but they break for want of " you like, ferve yourfelf. A little neglect may " breed great mifchief; for want of a nail the flockg" whereas indufiry gives comfort, and ‘ plenty, and refpeét. " Fly pleafures, and they " will follow you. The diligent fpinner has a " large fhift; and now I have a theep and a cow, " you would have a faithful fervant, and one that :: {1336.218d1?&; for want of a {hoe the horfe was‘ , or want of a horfe the rider was loft " ‘ being overtaken and flain by the enemy; all for ‘ want of a little care about a horfe-fhoe nail. " every body bids me good-morrow." C ‘ 11. But with our indufiry we muf't likewife ‘ be Ready, fettled, and careful, and overfee our ‘ III. So much for induftry, my friends, and attention to ones own bufinefs ; but to thefe we ‘ muf'c add frugality, if we would make our in- l duftry more certainly fuccefsful. A man may if he knows not how to fave as he gets, " kee ' ‘ own affairs with our own eyes, and not truf't too ‘ much to others 3 for, as Poor Rz'cbard fays, C " I never faw an oft-removed tree, " Nor yet an oft-removed family, " That throve f0 well as thofe that fettled be." ‘ And again, " Three removes is as bad as a fire," " not worth a groat at lalt. A fat kitchen makes" a lean will ;" and " Many eflates are {pent in the getting, " Since women for tea forfook {pinning and» ‘ and again, " Keep thy (hop, and thy fhop will " keep thee;" and again, " If you would have your " bufinefs done, go, if not, fend." And again, " He that by the plough would thrive, " Himfelf mutt either hold or drive." ' And again, " The eye of a mailer will do more " work than both his hands 5" and again, " Wan; u o " his nofe all his life to the grind-fione, and die " knitting, " And men for punch forfook hewing and " fplitting." If you would be wealthy, think of faving, aswell as of getting. The Indies have not made. Spam "Ch, becaufe her outgoes are greater than her incomes." f Away |