4. A peaceful, tranquil, and hidden life, even from the point of view of
common sense and of the dictates of nature, is the happiest.
5. That much more is this so when looked at in the light of grace and of
the soul's welfare.
6. That the old saying is quite true that there is no surer way to increase
one's income than that of frugality and judicious economy.
7. That one never has money enough to meet all the claims of worldly show
and vain ostentation.
8. That he who lives in the style the world expects of him is never rich,
while he who regulates his expenditure simply by his natural needs is never
poor.
9. That almsdeeds is an investment which multiplies itself a hundredfold
even in this present life and ensures the fruit of a blessed eternity in
the next, provided only they have been given in the love, and for the love
of God.
[Footnote 1: Matt. vi. 33.]