Smiley ’s Reviews > Worldly mental calculations: An annotated translation of Ihara Saikaku's Seken munezan'yo > Status Update

People who leave their bills unpaid are no different from thieves who steal in broad daylight and yet masquerade as good neighbors. It seems that all too many people content themselves with cursory computations for the year; ... , they are unable to make ends meet. People who live from hand to mouth, however, have so little to spend that they need not even bother keeping books.
... (p. 38)