<.My Rnok A. G D 8 Copyright W COPYRIGHT DEPOSITS ^^^> :i^: Proverbs from the Almanac of one Richard Saunders (Benjamin Fran^klin) KjC^rnrrn^pTrfT Proverbs from the Almanac of one Richard Saunders (Benjamin Franklin) New York Duffield CBi» Company 1908 c/4s Poor Richard says: A word to the wise is enough. Many words won't fill a bushel. A good wife and health is a man's best wealth. A quarrelsome man has no good neighbors. i^ffi cAs Poor Richard s ^^'B God helps them that help themselves. But dost thou love life? then do not squander time, for that's the stuff life is made of. Wasting of time must be the greatest prodi- gality; since lost time is never found again. Sloth, like rust, con- sumes faster than labor wears; while the used key is always bright. cAs Poor Richard says A sleeping fox catches no poultry. There will be sleeping enough in the grave. Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry all things easy. He that riseth late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night; while laziness travels so slowly that Poverty soon overtakes him. o4s Poor Richard says Time enougfh! always proves little enough. At the working-man's house hunger looks in, but dares not enter. Early to bed and early to rise Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. He that hath a trade hath an estate, and he that hath a calling hath an office of profit and honor. cAs Poor Richard says Industry need not wish. He that Kves on hope will die fasting. mwM/ j Drive thy business ! let not that drive thee! Diligence is the mother of good luck, and God gives all things to in- dustry. There are no gains without pains ; then help, hands ! for I have no lands. o4.s Poor Richard says^^ Have you somewhat to do to-morrow? Do it to-day ! Industry pays debts, while despair increas- eth them. Trouble springs from idleness, and grievous toil from needless egfse. Then plough deep while sluggards sleep, And you shall have com to sell and to keep. c>4s Poor Richard says ^^ The cat in gloves catch- es no mice ! Be ashamed to catch yourself idle. Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure. By diligence and pa- tience the mouse ate in two the cable. Let not the sun look down and say, 'Inglo- rious here he lies ! " cy4.s Poor Richard says Little strokes fell great oaks. One to-day is worth two to-morrows. Constant dropping wears away stones. aJ Since thou art not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour ! Many, without labor, would live by their wits only, but they'll break for want of stock. o4.s Poor Richard says umk The diligent spinner has a large shift. Fly pleasures, and they'll follow you. Now I have a sheep and a cow, Everybody bids me good morrow. I never saw an oft-re- moved tree Nor yet an oft-removed family That throve so well as those that settled be. cAs Poor Richard says Three removes are as bad as a fire. Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee. A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. If you would have your business done, go; if not, send. The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands. 10 cAs Poor Richard says p(?(C^ Not to oversee work- men is to leave them your purse open. Want of care does us more damage than want of knowledge. In the affairs of this world men are saved, not by faith, but by the want of it. He that by the plough would thrive, Himself must either hold or drive. cAs Poor Richard says Power to the bold. Learning is to the stu- dious, and Riches to the careful. If you would have a faithful servant, and one that you like, serve yourself. For want of a nail, the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe, the horse was lost ; and for w^ant of a horse, the rider was lost. r.'y^ cAs Poor Richard says Heaven to the virtuous. A Kttle neglect may breed great mischief. 1 M m ^^S 1 p Us Sr&J What maintains one vice would bring up two children. Many estates are spent in the getting, Since women for^ tea forsook spinning and knitting, And men for punch forsook hewing and splitting. Women and wine, game and deceit, Make the wealth small and the wants great. yii Think of saving as well as of getting. The Indies have not made Spain rich; because her outgoes are greater than her incomes. 3 ;,'))] cAs Poor Richard says At a great penny^vorth pause a while. Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them. Who dainties love, shall beggars prove. *i- Beware of little ex- penses; a small leak will sink a great ship. A man may keep his nose all his life to the grindstone, and die not worth a groat at last. 15 cAs Poor Richard says Many have been ruined by buj^ng good penny- worths. 'Tis foolish to lay out money in a purchase of repentance. Buy what thou hast no need of, and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessanes. CAS) A child and a fool im- agine twenty shillings and twenty years can never be spent. 16 j^ ySmm te^fe^ cAs Poor Richard says For one poor person there are a hundred indigent. Wise men learn by others' harms ; fools, scarcely by their own. For age and want, save while you mky. No morning sun lasts a whole day. Always taking out of the meal-tub, and never putting in, soon comes to the bottom. When the well's dr they know the worth of water. r^ A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees. What is a butterfly? At best He's but a caterpillar drest, The gaudy fop's his picture just. 18 ii=