The Secret Of Wealth

Human beings are creatures of habit, and habits once acquired are hard to break, but the person who indulges a desire for some luxury occasionally gets more enjoyment out of it than the one who has that luxury at his elbow every day in the year.

While we are lopping off the things we must get along without, it would be quite easy to lop off a few more things and what a pleasure it would be to discover after a few weeks that we were saving more money than we had ever before thought possible. At least it is worth a try.

It is our belief that after three months' experience in pitching your scale of living below your means, you will wonder why you did not do this before. At least that is one habit, the habit of saving money, which is in no danger of being overworked because, when a dollar is saved, it goes into the bank and immediately back into circulation and everybody gets the use of it just as though it was spent but that dollar still belongs to the one who first saved it.

"It is not so hard to earn money as to spend it well."

"It is far more easy to acquire a fortune like a knave than to expend it like a gentleman."--Colton.

"Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants."--Epicurus.

"To acquire wealth is difficult, to preserve it more difficult, but to spend it wisely most difficult of all." --E. P. Day. 

CHAPTER IX

"A man can get anything he wants providing he wants it hard enough and is willing to pay the price."

SOME men desire wealth and some desire merely peace and comfort and a reasonable degree of financial independence.

Some men desire fame and the applause of the masses while others care merely for the approval of those nearest to them, whether they be employers, relatives or friends.

Some men wish to travel extensively and see the whole world and see all that is in it while others are content to see a few of the most famous or interesting spots and be able to travel just enough to keep in touch with the progress of the Country.

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