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not worth minding : " A child and a fool (as poor Richard 

 fays) imagine twenty Ihillings and twenty years can never 

 be fpent ; but always be taking out of the meal-tub, and 

 never putting in, foon comes to the bottom ;" then, as poor 

 Dick fays, " When the well is dry, they know the worth of 

 water." But this they might have known before, if they had 

 taken his advice : "■ If yon would know the value of money, 

 go and try to borrow fome ; for he that goes a borrowing 

 goes a forrowing ; and, indeed, fo does he that lends to fuch 

 people, when he goes to get it in again." Poor Dick farther 

 advifes, and fays, 



" Fond pride of drefs is fure a vei"y curfe ; 

 E'er fancy you confult, confult your purie." 

 And again, "• Pride is as loud a beggar as Want, and a great 

 deal more fancy." When you have bought one fine thing, 

 you muft buy ten more, that your appearance may be all of 

 a piece ; but poor Dick fays, "■ It is eafier to fupprefs the firfl 

 defire, than to fatisfy all that follow it." And it is as truly 

 folly for the poor to ape the rich, as the frog to fwell, in or- 

 der to equal the ox. 



" Vcilcls large may venture more, 

 But little b(jats fliould keep near Itore." 

 'Tis, however, a folly foon punilhed ; for " Pride that 

 dines on vanity, fups on contempt," as poor Richard fays. 

 And in another place, '• Pride breakfafiied with Plenty, dined 

 with Poverty, and fupped with Infamy." And, after all, of 

 what ufe is this pride of appearance, for which fo much is rilk- 

 ed, fo much is fuff'ered ? It cannot promote health, or eafe 

 pain ; it makes no increafe of merit in the perfon ; it creates 

 envy; it haftens misfortune. 



" What is a butterfly ? at beft 

 He's but a cattcrpillar drefl: ; 

 The gaudy fop's his pifture jull:," 

 as poor Richard fays. 



But what madnefs mufl: it be to run in debt for tliefe fu- 

 perfluities ! We are offered by the terms of this iale fix 

 montiis credit ; and that, perhaps, has uiduced fome of us to 

 attend it, becaufe we cannot Ipare the ready money, and 

 hope now to be fine without it. But, ah ! think what you 

 do when you run in debt. You give to another power over 

 your liberty. If you cannot pay at the time, you will bo 



