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But, with our industry, we must likewise be steady, settled, and careful, and oversee our own affairs with our own eyes, and never trust too much to others; for, as poor Richard says,
"I never saw an oft-removed tree,
Nor yet an oft-removed family,
That throve so well as those that settled be"
And again "Three removes are as bad as a fire;" and again, "Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee;" and again, "If you would have business done, go; if not, send." And again,
"He that by the plough would thrive,
Himself must either hold or drive."
And again, "The eye of a master will do more work than both his hands; and again, “Want of care does us more damage than want of knowledge; and again, "Not to oversee workmen, is to leave them your purse open."
Trusting too much to others' care is the ruin of many : for, as the almanack says, "In the affairs of the world, men are saved not by faith, but by the want of it;" but a man's own care is profitable; for, saith poor Dick, "Learning is to the studious, and riches to the careful, as well as power to the bold, and heaven to the virtuous."
And further, “ If you would have a faithful servant, and one that like, serve yourself.”
