He that can earn Ten Shillings a
Day by his Labour, and goes abroad, or sits idle one half of that
Day, tho' he spends but Sixpence during his Diversion or Idleness,
ought not to reckon That the only Expence; he has really spent or
rather thrown away Five Shillings besides.
Remember that CREDIT is Money. If a Man lets his Money lie in
my Hands after it is due, he gives me the Interest, or so much as I
can make of it during that Time. This amounts to a considerable Sum
where a Man has good and large Credit, and makes good Use of it.
Remember that Money is of a prolific generating Nature. Money
can beget Money, and its Offspring can beget more, and so on. Five
Shillings turn'd, is _Six_: Turn'd again, 'tis Seven and Three Pence;
and so on 'til it becomes an Hundred Pound. The more there is of it,
the more it produces every Turning, so that the Profits rise quicker
and quicker. He that kills a breeding Sow, destroys all her
Offspring to the thousandth Generation. He that murders a Crown,
destroys all it might have produc'd, even Scores of Pounds.
Remember that Six Pounds a Year is but a Groat a Day. For this
little Sum (which may be daily wasted either in Time or Expence
unperceiv'd) a Man of Credit may on his own Security have the
constant Possession and Use of an Hundred Pounds. So much in Stock
briskly turn'd by an industrious Man, produces great Advantage.
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