George Clason

“What then do you advise us to do that we also may become rich?” asked still another of his friends. “The years have passed and we are no longer young men and we have nothing put by.”
“I advise that you take the wisdom of Algamish and say to yourselves, ‘A part of all I earn is mine to keep.’

But lay by that portion first.

Soon you will realize what a rich feeling it is to own a treasure upon which you alone have claim.

“Then learn to make your treasure work for you. Make it your slave. Make its children and its children’s children work for you.

Insure an income for thy future. Look thou at the aged and forget not that in the days to come thou also will be numbered among them.

Therefore invest thy treasure with greatest caution that it be not lost. Usurious rates of return are deceitful sirens that sing but to lure the unwary upon the rocks of loss and remorse.

“Provide also that thy family may not want should the Gods call thee to their realms. For such protection it is always possible to make provision with small payments at regular intervals.

provident man delays not in expectation of a large sum becoming available for such a wise purpose.

Counsel with wise men. Seek the advice of men whose daily work is handling money.

A small return and a safe one is far more desirable than risk.