Benjamin Franklin

The Way to Wealth

Name: The Way to Wealth
Author: Benjamin Franklin

Self-Help, Money and Success

Start reading

Free to read. No account needed.

Language: English
First published: 1758
Reading time: 13 minutes
Chapters: 1 chapter

About this book

In 1758 Benjamin Franklin closed twenty-five years of his Poor Richard's Almanack with a short, clever story.

At a crowded auction an old man called Father Abraham is asked about the heavy taxes of the day, and he answers by stringing together Poor Richard's own sayings on hard work, careful spending and the danger of debt. Many of the lines are still everyday proverbs, such as "early to bed, and early to rise". Franklin's sly humour runs right through to the last paragraph. It takes about fifteen minutes to read.

I HAVE heard that nothing gives an author so great pleasure, as to find his works respectfully quoted by others. Judge, then, how much I must have been gratified by an incident I am going to relate to you. I stopped my horse, lately, where a great number of…

The Way to Wealth

About this edition

Source
Project Gutenberg (eBook #43855)
Text version
Project Gutenberg eBook #43855 (updated 23 October 2024), downloaded 7 November 2026: a stand-alone printing by W. and T. Darton (London, 1810) of the preface Franklin wrote for Poor Richard's Almanack for 1758. The title page, the publisher's introduction and advertisements, the pictures and their captions, the printer's imprint and the transcriber's notes were not imported; Franklin's text, signed Richard Saunders, is unchanged. The section numbers I to IV are printed in this edition and are kept.
Category
Self-Help, Money and Success
Report a problem with this book