The Way To Wealth
"The Way to Wealth" is a collection of wise sayings called aphorisms - brief statements of basic principles. All of the aphorisms in this collection have to do with money - how to accumulate it, how to use it, how to protect it, etc.
I have listed below ten principles that can be found in "The Way to Wealth."
Each basic principle will have many aphorisms to back it up.
Choose one principle from the list; explain Franklin's thoughts on the principle and give at least two aphorisms that illustrate this one principle.
Principle: Industry
- Franklin's thoughts: Franklin believed that industry, or hard work, was the foundation of wealth. He said, "Industry pays debts, idleness increases them." He also said, "He that riseth late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night; while laziness travels so slowly, that poverty soon overtakes him."
- Aphorisms:
- "Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise."
- "Diligence is the mother of good luck."