CHAPTER V.
EXAMPLES OF THRIFT.
"Examples demonstrate the possibility of success."-- _Cotton._ _"The force of his own merit, makes his way."-- _Shakespeare._ "Reader, attend, whether thy soul Soars Fancy's flight beyond the Pole, Or darkling grubs this earthly hole In low pursuit-- Know, prudent, cautious self-control, Is wisdom's root."-- _Burns._ "In the family, as in the State, the best source of wealth is Economy."-- _Cicero._ "Right action is the result of right faith; but a true and right faith cannot be sustained, deepened, extended, save in a course of right action."-- _M'Combie._ Thrift is the spirit of order applied to domestic management and organization.

Its object is to manage frugally the resources of the family; to prevent waste; and avoid useless expenditure.

Thrift is under the influence of reason and forethought, and never works by chance or by fits.

It endeavours to make the most and the best of everything.

It does not save money for saving's sake.