If so, you will have noticed that the aspiring youths for the most part adopt plans and tricks quite as slimy as the pole. The hasty desire to rise is the cause of many a fall. Those who see the glittering heaps of gold before them are frequently in so much haste to thrust their arms in up to the elbow among the treasures that they take shortcuts, leave the beaten road of honest labor, break through hedges, and find themselves before long in a ditch. It is hard to keep great riches without sin, and we have heard that it is harder still to get them. Growing wealth will prove no blessing to you unless you acquire growing grace.
Prosperity destroys a fool and endangers a wise man.
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