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among the number Of the truly opulent II we
live within them, and live contentedly. The
perpetual ambition to be thought greater than
we are, is source of contempt to those above
us, of derision to those below, and of continual
discomfort to ourselves. Nor can the mesh
thrown over our circumstances by the articles
of vanity long deceive one---except, perhaps,
few strangers, who are hardly worth decelving
Our means, as well as our characters, will
sooner or later become known, in spite of any
disguise with which we may attempt 10 invest,
them; and the detection in the use of the in
struments Of deception, only shows that what
ever other gifts we may have, we at least are
deficient in honesty. The really rich, then, are
not persons merely of large means, but per-
sous of large means relatively with the po-
sitions they desire to hold in society. A poor
duke would be rich artisan, simply because
in the latter case there are not the same demands
for large expenditure. The same relation
holds through all classes of society; SO that
man to become rich has only to descend from
the pedestal on which his pride has exalted
him, and conform to the usages of less ambi-
tious men. OF all things in this wide world
pride is the most expensive; and extraya-
giant habit acquired, subtracts a proportonate
quantity of wealth, and impovershes the per-
son who yields to it. Every man has the
secret of becoming rich who resolves to live
within his means; and independence is one Of
the most efectual safeguards of honesty.