[7] These statements may seem to require a little qualification. There are _two sorts_ of _busy_ men. One sort are busy, as the result of _benevolent purpose_. These are often among the best of mankind; and though always _busy_ in carrying out their plans, they find time to perform a thousand little acts of goodness, notwithstanding.--It has, indeed, been sometimes said, that when a great public enterprise is about to be undertaken, which requires the aid of individual contributions, either of time or money, those who are most busy, and from whom we might naturally expect the least, often do the _most_. It is also said that men of business have the most leisure; and it sometimes seems to be true, where they methodize their plans properly. These maxims, however, apply with the most force to men devoted to a higher purpose than the worship of this world--men who live for God, and the good of his universe, generally. There are also two sorts of _rich_ men. Some men may have property in their hands to an immense amount, without possessing a worldly spirit. The _rich_ man referred to above, is of another sort. He is the man who '_gets all he can_, and _keeps_ all he can _get_.' This is probably the gospel definition of the term, a _rich man_, who, it is said, can no more enter a world of spiritual enjoyment than a camel or a cable can go through 'the eye of a needle.' SECTION XII. _Of desiring the good opinion of others._ A young man is not far from ruin, when he can say, without blushing, _I don't care what others think of me_. To be insensible to public opinion, or to the estimation in which we are held by others, by no means indicates a good and generous spirit. But to have a due regard to public opinion is one thing, and to make that opinion the principal rule of action, quite another. There is no greater weakness than that of letting our happiness depend _too much_ upon the opinion of others. Other people lie under such disadvantages for coming at our true characters, and are so often misled by prejudice for or against us, that if our own conscience condemns us, their approbation can give us little consolation. On the other hand, if we are sure we acted from honest motives, and with a reference to proper ends, it is of little consequence if the world should happen to find fault. Mankind, for the most part, are so much governed by fancy, that what will win their hearts to-day, will disgust them to-morrow; and he who undertakes to please every body at all times, places, and circumstances, will never be in want of employment. A wise man, when he hears of reflections made upon him, will consider whether they are _just_. If they are, he will correct the faults in question, with as much cheerfulness as if they had been suggested by his dearest friend.