The Richest Man in Babylon

by George S. Clason

man's wealth is not in the purse he carries. A fat purse quickly empties if there be no golden stream to refill it.

Yet others whom she favors become misers and hoard their wealth, fearing to spend what they have, knowing they do not possess the ability to replace it.

Today, my training would show to me at once the folly of entrusting a brickmaker to buy jewels.

Guard thy treasure from loss by investing only where thy principal is safe, where it may be reclaimed if desirable, and where thou will not fail to collect a fair rental. Consult with wise men.

This, then, is the fifth cure for a lean purse: Own thy own home"

"This, then, is the sixth cure for a lean purse. Provide in advance for the needs of thy growing age and the protection of thy family."

the seventh and last remedy for a lean purse is to cultivate thy own powers, to study and become wiser, to become more skillful, to so act as to respect thyself.

At last, I did recognize it for what it was—a habit of needless delaying where action was required, action prompt and decisive.

MEN OF ACTION ARE FAVORED BY THE GODDESS OF GOOD LUCK