The one guiding motto of his life was 'Save, not invest.' When once he got hold of a sovereign he parted with it no more; not though all the scientific professors in the world came to him with their analyses, and statistics, and discoveries.

He put it in the bank, just as his father would have put it into a strong box under his bed.

There it remained, and the interest that accrued, small as it was, was added to it.
Yet it was his pride to do his land well.

He manured it well, because he kept cattle and sheep, especially the latter, to the fullest capacity of his acreage; and because, as said before, he could and did afford to let land lie fallow when necessary.

He was in no hurry.