Franklins preface to poor rich
Franklins preface to poor richIn Benjamin Franklin’s preface to Poor Richard Improved, "The Way to Wealth", Franklin offers many adages to help the reader conserve money. Many of these sayings are common even today. The title of this preface makes since because the title, "The Way to Wealth", can be interpreted as The Road to Wealth. If the reader does as these adages tell them, he or she should be on their way to wealth. Franklin offers advice to just about anybody. Franklin believed
that wealth was important because it led to both frugality and industry. Frugality and industry were listed as his fifth and sixth virtues.
Franklin tells us that in order to be industrious, we must always be employed in something useful. His proverb, "Employ thy Time well if though meanest to gain Leisure", lets the reader know that time shouldn’t be wasted on doing things that won’t better yourself or others.
Franklin tells us that in order to be frugal, we can’t waste anything. People who spend lavishly should listen to the maxim, "Silks and Satins, Scarlet and Velvets put out the Kitchen Fire". This saying reminds us that the nice, expensive things all work just as well as the generic ones. Another proverb that a person
with no frugality should abide by is, "Women and Wine, Game and Deceit,...
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