A horse will eat you poor; a gun will cost you a hundred guns. Think of
it when you buy them, and you will thereafter have no regrets, besides
being less apt to make such purchases. "Gain may be temporary and
uncertain," says Franklin, "but expense is constant and certain." "Not
to be covetous is money; not to be a purchaser is income," says Cicero.
"A fool and his money are soon parted," says the adage. "Live by hope,
and you will die by despair," says the Italian proverb. Save all you can
honorably. Harness it up and make it pull also by bringing in to you a
little interest. Here will be your first real business move--one of
grave importance. The little cloud that ariseth out of the sea, like a
man's hand, will soon cover your financial sky, and bring an abundant
shower of the good things of this life.
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