The art of money getting! To which is added, The way to get a penny; or, The art of thriving |
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Page 101 - Sum up at night, what thou hast done by day ; And in the morning, what thou hast to do. Dress and undress thy soul : mark the decay And growth of it : if with thy watch, that too Be down, then wind up both ; since we shall be Most surely judged, make thy accounts agree.
Page 67 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Page 93 - EXCEPT the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it : except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
Page 67 - Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep : so shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
Page 97 - Get to live ; Then live, and use it: else, it is not true That thou hast gotten. Surely use alone Makes money not a contemptible stone.
Page 78 - ... than offereth it. If thou be bound for a stranger, thou art a fool ; if for a merchant, thou puttest thy estate to learn to swim ; if for a churchman, he hath no inheritance ; if for a lawyer, he will find an...
Page 78 - ... not. Therefore, from suretyship as from a manslayer or enchanter bless thyself, for the best profit and return will be this: that if thou force him for whom thou art bound to pay it himself, he will become thy enemy; if thou...
Page 66 - In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
Page 66 - Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men...
Page 101 - In brief, acquit thee bravely ; play the man. Look not on pleasures as they come, but go. Defer not the least virtue : life's poor span Make not an ell, by trifling in thy woe. If thou do ill, the joy fades, not the pains : If well, the pain doth fade, the joy remains.