Thrift
.... Life on earth is not plain sailing. Throughout his life, a man is subject to various reverses. A rich man today may become a beggar tomorrow. One may fall a prey to some serious disease or may be overtaken by some accident, which may make him unfit to earn. The sole earning member of a family may suddenly die leaving helpless children behind him. Over and above these, there are circumstances, which even the most prudent man cannot control. How to safeguard oneself against these? It is thrift, which can save a man from the dangers, which thus come upon him in life. When such cases occur, a man finds himself hopelessly involved in ruin, unless he has been able to lay by something to meet these emergencies. A thrifty man does not find himself in want even though he earns little. His family and dependents have not to starve if disease and old age overtake him. The world is indebted largely to thrifty ...