3363. Persevering diligence is the philosopher's stone, which turns every thing to gold. Constant, regular, habitual, and systematic application to business must, in time, if properly directed, produce great results.
3364. It must lead to wealth, with the same certainty that poverty follows in the train of idleness and inattention.
3365. It has been truly remarked, that he who follows his amusements instead of his business, will, in a short time, have no business to follow.
3366. The art of money-saving is an important part of the art of money-getting. Without frugality, no one can become rich; with it, few would be poor. Those who consume as fast as they produce, are on the road to ruin.
3367. As most of the poverty we meet with grows out of idleness and extravagance, so most large fortunes have been the result of habitual industry and frugality.