It shews, besides,
that you are mindful of what you owe; it makes you appear a careful
as well as an honest Man; and that still encreases your Credit.
Beware of thinking all your own that you possess, and of living
accordingly. 'Tis a mistake that many People who have Credit fall
into. To prevent this, keep an exact Account for some Time of both
your Expences and your Incomes. If you take the Pains at first to
mention Particulars, it will have this good Effect; you will discover
how wonderfully small trifling Expences mount up to large Sums, and
will discern what might have been, and may for the future be saved,
without occasioning any great Inconvenience.
In short, the Way to Wealth, if you desire it, is as plain as
the Way to Market. It depends chiefly on two Words, INDUSTRY and
FRUGALITY; _i. e._ Waste neither Time nor Money, but make the best
Use of both. He that gets all he can honestly, and saves all he gets
(necessary Expences excepted) will certainly become RICH; If that
Being who governs the World, to whom all should look for a Blessing
on their Honest Endeavours, doth not in his wise Providence otherwise
determine.
Philadelphia, B. Franklin and D. Hall, at the New-Printing-Office, 1748
_Proposals Relating to the Education of Youth in Pensilvania_
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