Itherefore filled all the little spaces, that occurred between the remarkable days in the calendar, with proverbial sentences, chiefly such as inculcated industry and frugality, as the means of procuring wealth, and thereby securing virtue; it being more difficult for a man in want to act always honestly, as (to use here one of those proverbs), "it is hard for an empty sack to stand upright." —benjamin franklin, "the way to wealth," 1758 which of the following best explains the phrase, "it being more difficult for a man in want to act always honestly"?