"I never saw an oft.removed tree
Not yet an oft.removed family

That throve so well as those that
settled be."

And again, "Three removes are as bad as a fire;" and again, "Keep thy shop and thy shop will keep thee; and again, "If you would have your business done, go; if not, send." And again :

"He that by the plow would thrive,
Himself must either hold or drive."

And again, "The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands;" and again, "Want of care does us more damage than want of knowledge; " and again, "Not to oversee workmen is to leave them your purse open."

Trusting too much to others' care is the ruin of many; for, as the almanac "In the affairs of this world men says, are saved, not by faith, but by the want of it;" but a man's own care is profitable; for, saith Poor Dick, "Learning is to the studious and riches to the

careful; as well as (6 power to the

bold" and "heaven to the virtuous." And further, "If you would have a faithful servant and one that serve yourself."

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And again, he adviseth to circumspection and care, even in the smallest matters; because sometimes "a little neglect may breed great mischief;" adding, "For want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost;" being overtaken and

slain by the enemy; all for want of a little care about a horseshoe nail!

So much for industry, my friends, and attention to one's own business; but to these we must add frugality if we would make our industry more certainly successful. "A man may," if he knows not how to save as he gets, "keep his nose all his life to the grindstone and die not worth a groat at last." "A fat kitchen makes a lean will," as Poor Richard says; and

"Many estates are spent in the getting, Since women for teat forsook spinning and knitting,

And men for punch forsook hewing and splitting."

Tea at this time was expensive and regarded as a luxury.

If you would be wealthy, says he in another almanac, "think of saving as well as of getting. The Indies have not made Spain rich, because her outgoes are greater than her incomes."

Away, then, with your expensive follies, and you will not have so much cause to complain of hard times, heavy taxes, and chargeable families; for, as Poor Dick says:

"Women and wine, game and deceit, Make the wealth small and the wants great."

And further, "What maintains one vice would bring up two children." You may think, perhaps, that a little tea or a little punch now and then, a diet a little more costly, clothes a little finer, and a little more entertainment now and then can be no great matter; but

remember what Poor Richard says, "Many a little makes a mickle;" and further, "Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship;" and again:

"Who dainties love shall beggars prove;"

and moreover, "Fools make feasts and wise men eat them."

Here are you all got together at this vendue of fineries and knick-knacks. You call them goods; but if you do not take care they will prove evils to some of you. You expect they will be sold cheap, and perhaps they may for less than they cost; but if you have no occasion for them they must be dear to you. Remember what Poor. Richard says: "Buy what thou hast no need of, and ere long thou shalt sell