In prosperous fortunes be modest and wise, The greatest may fall, and the lowest may rise But insolent People that fall in disgrace, Are wretched and no-body pities their Case.
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Work as if you were to live a hundred years. Pray as if you were to die tomorrow.
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Righteousness, or justice, is, undoubtedly of all the virtues, the surest foundation on which to create and establish a new state. But there are two nobler virtues, industry and frugality, which tend more to increase the wealth, power and grandeur of the community, than all the others without them.
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He that sells upon Credit, expects to lose 5 per Cent. by bad Debts therefore he charges, on all he sells upon Credit, an Advance that shall make up that Deficiency.
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