“Friends，” sayshe， “andneighbors， thetaxesareindeedveryheavy， andifthoselaidonbythegovernmentweretheonlyoneswehadtopay， wemightmoreeasilydischargethem； butwehavemanyothers， ， threetimesasmuchbyourpride， andfourtimesasmuchbyourfolly； ， letushearkentogoodadvice， andsomethingmaybedoneforus； ‘Godhelpsthemthathelpthemselves’， asPoorRichardsays， inhisAlmanackof1733.”
“Itwouldbethoughtahardgovernmentthatshouldtaxitspeopleone-tenthpartoftheirtime， ， ifwereckonallthatisspentinabsolutesloth， ordoingofnothing， withthatwhichisspentinidleemployments， oramusements， ， bybringingondiseases， absolutelyshortenslife.‘Sloth， likerust， consumesfasterthanlaborwears’； while ‘theusedkeyisalwaysbright’， ‘dostthoulovelife， thendonotsquandertime， forthat’sthestufflifeismadeof’， ， forgettingthat ‘thesleepingfoxcatchesnopoultry’ andthat ‘therewillbesleepingenoughinthegrave’， asPoorRichardsays.”
“‘Iftimebeofallthingsthemostprecious， wastingtimemustbe’， asPoorRichardsays， thegreatestprodigality； since， asheelsewheretellsus， ‘losttimeisneverfoundagain； andwhatwecalltimeenough， alwaysproveslittleenough’.Letusthenupandbedoing， anddoingtothepurpose； sobydiligenceshallwedomorewithlessperplexity.‘Slothmakesallthingsdifficult， butindustryalleasy’， asPoorRichardsays； ‘andhethatrisethlatemusttrotallday， andshallscarceovertakehisbusinessatnight’； ‘whilelazinesstravelssoslowly， thatpovertysoonovertakeshim’， aswereadinPoorRichard， whoadds， ‘drivethybusiness， letnotthatdrivethee’， and ‘earlytobed， andearlytorise， makesamanhealthy， wealthy， andwise’.”
