Thrift
Author: first_name: Samuel
last_name: Smiles
Language: English
Year: 1892

"This book is intended as a sequel to <i>Self-Help</i> and <i>Character</i>. It might, indeed, have appeared as an introduction to these volumes; for Thrift is the basis of Self-Help, and the foundation of much that is excellent in Character. The object of this book is to induce people to employ their means for worthy purposes, and not to waste them upon selfish indulgences. Many enemies have to be encountered in accomplishing this object. There are idleness, thoughtlessness, vanity, vice, intem