It is the only possible way for a merchant to become the first merchant, or the richest man in the place.

But this is an object that I hope none of my children will ever aim at.

It is indeed true everywhere, that those who attend to small expenses are always rich.
"I would have my children attend to doits and farthings as devoutly as the merest Dutchman upon earth, if such attention was necessary to support their independence.

A man who discovers a disposition and a design to be independent, seldom succeeds.

A jealousy arises against him.