in
expenses
of all
kinds will
hardly be
preserved
from
decay. In
clearing
of a man’s
estate, he
may as
well hurt
himself in
being too
sudden, as
in letting
it run on
too long.
For hasty
selling is
commonly
as
disadvantageable
as
interest.
Besides,
he that
clears at
once will
relapse;
for
finding
himself
out of
straits,
he will
revert to
his
customs:
but he
that
cleareth
by degrees
induceth a
habit of
frugality,
and
gaineth as
well upon
