io8 THE BEE, dR Jan. 19. 



dropping ^vears away ftones, and by diligence and patience 

 the moufe ate into the cable ; and, light ftrokes fell great 

 oaks," as poor Richard fays in his Almanack, the year I can- 

 not juft now remember. 



Methinks I hear fome of you fay, " mud a man afford 

 himfelf no leifure?" — I will tell thee, my friend, what poor 

 Richard fays : " Employ thy time well, if thou meanefl 

 to gain leifure; and fiBce thou are not fure of a minute, 

 throw not away an hour." Leifure is time for doing fome- 

 thing ufeful; this leifure the diligent man will obtain, but 

 the lazy man never ; fo that, as poor Richard fays, " A life 

 of leifure and a life of lazinefs are two things." Do you 

 imagine that floth will afford you more comfort than labour ? 

 No : for, as poor Richard fays, " Troubles fpring from idle- 

 nefs, and grievous toil from needlefs eafe : Many without la- 

 bour would live by their wits only ; but they break for want 

 of flock :" Whereas induftry gives comfort, and plenty, and ! 

 refpedl. " Fly pleafures, and they'll follow you ; the diligent 

 fplnner has a large fhifc ; and, now I have a. flieep and a cow, 

 every body bids me good morrow f all which is well faid by 

 poor Richard. 



But with our induftry, we mufl likewlfe be fleady, fettled, 

 and careful, and overfee our own afiairs with our own eyes, 

 and not truft too much to others ; for, as poor Richard fays, 



" I never faw an oft-removed tree, 



Nor yet an oft-removed family. 



That throve fo well as thofethat fettled be." 

 And again, " Tiiree removes is as bad as a fire ; ' and 

 asain, " Keep thy fiiop, and thy /hop will keep thee;" and 

 again, " If you would have your bufmefs done, go ; if not, 

 fend." And again, 



*>■ He that by the plo^'^h would thrive, 



Himfelf mufl: either liold or drive." 

 And again, " The eye of a mafl:er 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 over- 

 lie workmen, is to leave them your purf: open." Trufting 

 too much to others care, is the ruin of many : for, as the Al- 

 maHrtck fays, " In the affairs of the world, men are faved not j 

 by faith, but by the want of it f but a man's own care is 

 profitable ; for, faith poor Dick, " Learning is to the ftudi- 



