How to Get RICHES
PRECEPT I.
In Things of moment, on thy self depend,
Nor trust too far thy Servant or thy Friend:
With private Views, thy Friend may promise fair,
And Servants very seldom prove sincere.
PRECEPT II.
What can be done, with Care perform to Day,
Dangers unthought-of will attend Delay;
Your distant Prospects all precarious are,
And Fortune is as fickle as she’s fair.
PRECEPT III.
Nor trivial Loss, nor trivial Gain despise;
Molehills, if often heap’d, to Mountains rise:
Weigh every small Expence, and nothing waste,
Farthings long sav’d, amount to Pounds at last.
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Poet Benjamin Franklin
Subjects Time & Brevity, Living, Social Commentaries, Money & Economics
Poetic Terms Rhymed Stanza, Aphorism
Poems by Benjamin Franklin
Poem Categorization
SUBJECT Time & Brevity, Living, Social Commentaries, Money & Economics
Poetic Terms Rhymed Stanza, Aphorism
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