Leisure is time for doing something useful. This leisure the diligent man will obtain; but the lazy man never. So that, as _Poor RICHARD_ says, _A life of leisure, and a life of laziness are two things_. Do you imagine that Sloth will afford you more comfort than Labour? No! for as _Poor RICHARD_ says, _Trouble springs from idleness, and grievous toil from needless ease. Many without labour, would live by their Wits only; but they'll break, for want of Stock_ [_i.e._, Capital]. Whereas Industry gives comfort, and plenty, and respect. _Fly Pleasures! and they'll follow you! The diligent spinner has a large shift_, and _Now I have a sheep and a cow Everybody bids me "Good morrow."_ All which is well said by _Poor RICHARD_. But with our Industry; we must likewise be Steady, Settled, and Careful: and oversee our own affairs _with our own eyes_, and not 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 your 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 the 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 Almanac says, _In the affairs of this 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 you like; serve yourself!_ And again, he adviseth to circumspection and care, even in the smallest matters; because sometimes, _A little neglect may breed great mischief_; adding, _For want of a nail, the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe, the horse was lost; and for want of a horse, the rider was lost_; being overtaken, and slain by the enemy. All for want of care about a horse-shoe nail. So much for Industry, my friends! and attention to one's own business; but to these we must add FRUGALITY, if we would make our industry more certainly successful. _A man may_, if he knows not how to save as he gets, _keep his nose, all his life, to the grindstone; and die not worth a groat at last. A fat Kitchen makes a lean Will_, as _Poor RICHARD_ says, and _Many estates are spent in the getting, Since women, for Tea, forsook spinning and knitting; And men, for Punch, forsook hewing and splitting_.