The Way to Wealth, written in 1757, is a summary of Benjamin Franklin's advice from Poor Richard's Almanac published from 1733-1758. It's a compilation of proverbs woven into a systematic ethical code advocating industry and frugality as a “way to wealth”, thereby securing personal virtue. Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants. "Franklin become the sole owner of his own printing press? Franklin buys out his printing partner who wants to return to farming. After two years working for the family business as a candle- and soap-maker, Franklin is apprenticed to his older brother James as a printer. he was wealthy first 25 years of publication, organized into a speech given by "Father Abraham" to a group of people. Many of the phrases Father Abraham quotes continue to be familiar today. The essay's advice is based on the themes of work.
