By prudence taught his worldly wealth to keep,
No folly wastes, no avarice swells the heap:
He no man’s debtor, no man’s patron lives;
Save sound advice, he neither asks nor gives;
By no vain thoughts or erring fancy sway’d,
His words are weighty, or at least are weigh’d;
Temp’rate in every place - abroad, at home,
Thence will applause, and hence will profit come
And health from either - he in time prepares
For sickness, age, and their attendant cares,