Source identified
Read & copy the quotation
“If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as of getting.”
- Source
- The Way to Wealth
- Date
- 1758
- Local voice
- Authorial persona / framed maxim · Poor Richard maxim, repeated through Father Abraham
Meaning of “If you would be wealthy, think of saving…”
Income alone does not create financial security; keeping part of what is earned is presented as a necessary companion to earning it.
Where does it come from?
The Way to Wealth, Franklin’s compilation of Poor Richard maxims.
Why the local voice matters
The Way to Wealth is framed as Father Abraham’s address compiling maxims Franklin had published through the Poor Richard / Richard Saunders persona. This record therefore preserves the framed authorial-persona layer instead of treating the maxim as unmediated Franklin narration.
