The children of wealthy men are very often conceited.

They wear better clothes than some other boys, and have more books and prettier playthings; and so they become vain, and think that they are very important, when, in fact, they owe every thing to their fathers.
"Then, besides," continued Jonas, "they don't form good habits of industry.

Their fathers don't make them work, and so they don't acquire any habits of industry, and patience, and perseverance." "If I was a man, and had ever so much money," said Oliver, "I would make my boys work." "That is very doubtful," said Jonas.
"Why is it doubtful ?" asked Oliver.
"Because," said Jonas, "you would be very busy, and couldn't attend to it.

It would be a great deal more trouble to make your boys do any thing, than it would be to hire another man to do it; and so you would hire a man, to save your trouble." "Yes; but then, Jonas, farmers are very busy, and yet they make their boys work." "True," replied Jonas; "but farmers are busy about such kind of work as that their boys can help them do it,--so they can keep them at work without any special trouble.

But men of property are employed in such kind of business as boys cannot do; and so they must work, if they work at all, at something else; and that makes a good deal of trouble." "Then I'd send my boys to some farmer, and let him make them work," said Oliver.
"Yes," said Jonas, "that would do pretty well." So saying, Jonas stopped the horse a moment, and stepped out of the sleigh.