Monthly Archives: August 2005

“The man who can do his day’s work is a king.” IT IS a man’s work which educates him. A boy goes to school, but it is his asso­ciation with the other boys which teaches him. Work is yeast to … Continue reading →

“IF you want real pleasure, live for more than the present.” A VARIETY of palm tree grows in South America which furnishes the natives with bread, oil, sugar, salt, fruit and vegetables. It also provides timber, leaves for the thatched … Continue reading →

“Many a man who is calling for help might help himself.”–Ed Howe of Atchison. CONTRAST the average country highways and slow farm wagons with the steel tracks and swift trains of the railroad. Which is the cheaper carrier? It costs … Continue reading →

“Things do not turn up in this world until some­body turns them up.” SOME people excuse themselves for not sav­ing money by saying that it costs so much to live, they have nothing left. Any one who has the idea … Continue reading →

“Opportunity never stops at the door, knocks and passes on-Opportunity eats with you, works be­side you and at night sleeps on the door-mat. Blame no one but yourself if you ignore her.” A GREAT deal has been written about oppor­tunity. … Continue reading →

“Without economy none can be rich, and with it few will be poor.”–Johnson, ONE miracle of the World War and one which we were very much in need of was the change in people’s ideas of thrift. Thrift has become … Continue reading →

“Frugality is founded on the principle that all riches have limits.”–Burke. THE spirit of frugality is born in most of us. Even when we were little tads we used to eat all around the frosting on the cake, saving the … Continue reading →

“Every man needs more money. An hour comet into the life of each of us when a sum of ready money means a long leap towards independence, or it means health–or even life itself. The resource­ful man always backs up … Continue reading →

“Lift is divided into three terms–that which was, which is and which will be. Let us learn from the past to profit by the present, and from the pres­ent to live better for the future.” THE way we learn to … Continue reading →

“Could one wish more to make a happy life than health, good looks, friends and a handsome wife, a clear shrewd brain, a tongue that speaks its mind, A house well ordered, and a purse well lined.”–Swift. IF YOU know … Continue reading →