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Show "mailman"; - .: My. [G.IP,] 30‘ ‘ Away then, with your expenfive follies, and lain ‘ you will not then have {0 much cauie to comp fa~ eable charg ‘ of hard times, heavy taxes, and ‘ milies ; for " Women and wine, game and deceit, " Make the wealth final], and the want great." ‘ And farther, " What maintains one vice, would " bring up two children." You may think, per- ‘ haps, that a little tea, or alittle punch now and ‘ then, diet a little more coitly, clothes a little .51- gram: . ‘ THE WAY TO WEALTH. 3'1 THE WAY TO WEALTH. " ruined by buying good pennyworths." Again, " It is foolilh to lay out money in a purchailj‘e of " repentance," and yet this folly is prae'tii‘ed ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ every day at aurftions, for want of minding the Almanack. Many a one, for the take of finery on the back, have gone with a hungry belly, and half itarved their families,- " ‘uilkis and fattins, " fcarlet and velvets, put out the kitchen-fire," Thefe are not the necef‘ as Poor RinfwzzrzZIJyS ‘ faries of life; they can fcarcely be called the ‘ conveniences; and yet only becaufe they look: ‘ finer, and a little entertainment now and then, ‘ can be no great matter; but remember, " Many " a little makes a mickle." Beware of little ex- ‘ pretty, how many want to have them? By ‘ thefe, and other extravagancies, the genteel are ‘ pences; " A {mall leak will fink a great thip," ‘ thofe Whom they formerly deipiied, but who, ‘ through indultry and frugality, have maintained their itanding; in which cafe it appears plainly, ‘ that " A ploughman on his legs is higher than " a gentleman on his knees," as Poor Ric/51ml ‘ fays. Perhaps they have had a {mall el'tate left. ‘ them, which they knew not the getting of; ‘ they think " It is day, and will never be night," ‘ that a little to be {pent out of {0 much IS not ‘ as Poor Richard fays; and again, " Who dain- " ties love, {hall beggars prove ;" and moreover, " Fools make feai'ts, and wife men eat them." ‘ Here you are all got together to this fale of ‘ fineries and nick-nacks. You call them good: ; ‘ but, if you do not take care, they will prove ‘ evil: to-fome of you. You expect they will be L ‘ fold cheap, and, perhaps, they may for lefs than ‘ reduced to poverty, and forced to borrow of ‘ they cof'r; but, if you have no occafion for ‘ them, they mutt be dear to you. Remember ‘ worth minding; but " Always taking out of ‘ what Poor Richard fays, " Buy what thou hail: " no need of, and ere long thou {halt fell thy ne« " to the bottom," as Poor Ric/yard fays; and ‘ then, " When the well is dry, they know the " cefiaries." " worth of water." And again, " At a great penny- " the meal-tub, and never putting in, {con comes But this they might have " worth paufe a while." He means, that per‘ haps the cheapnefs is apparent only, and not ‘ real ; or the bargain, by ftraitening thee in thy -" If you would know the value of money, go. " and try to borrow tome,- for he that goes a ‘ h-ufincfs, may do thee more harm than good. " borrowing goes a forrowing," as Poor Rickard ‘ For in another place he fays, " Many have been f fays; " ruined ‘ known before, if they had taken his advice: |
