| 1829 - 612 páginas
...sentences very lond : ' A penny saved, is a penny gained : He that would thrive, must rise by five : Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves,' as poor Richard says. ' How can Pa be so vulgar,' whispered Fanny to Maria, ' one would... | |
| Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 páginas
...eagerly cherishes the prospect of another year. There is an old proverb in economy, which says — 'Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves.' We should apply this to the value of time. If we pay strict attention to the expenditure... | |
| 1816 - 598 páginas
...kss a sum than six-and-tbmy 421 pounds, four shillings, and sixpence ! So true is the old adage, " Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves." Should his life ana his savings be spared another two years, the store he has laid by... | |
| 1835 - 564 páginas
...mind is not yet sufficiently expansive to apprehend all the delicacies of a pinch. THAT YOU SHOULD TAKE CARE OF THE PENCE, AND THE POUNDS WILL TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES.— The proficient in the art of gathering littles together is universally assumed to be... | |
| 1822 - 600 páginas
...strange bedfellows:" and it makes our thoughts traitor* to ourselves. — It is a maxim with many—" Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves" Those only put it in practice successfully who think more of the pence than of the pounds.... | |
| 1822 - 592 páginas
...strange bedfellows:'' and it makes our thoughts traitors to ourselves. — It is a maxim with many — " Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves." Those only put it in practicesuccessfully who think more of the pence than of the pounds.... | |
| 1824 - 588 páginas
...borrowing, goes a sorrowing. Many a little makes a mickle *. To have leisure, you must earn it by industry. Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves. Small neglects bring great misfortunes. Waste not, want,not. Industry is an estate, a good... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1824 - 414 páginas
...strange bed-fellows :" and it makes our thoughts traitors to ourselves.— It is a maxim with many—" Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves." Those only put it in practice successfully who think more of the pence than of the pounds.... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1824 - 414 páginas
...bed-fellows :" and it makes our thoughts traitors to ourselves. — • It is a maxim with many — " Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves." Those only put it in practice successfully who think more of the pence than of the pounds.... | |
| Amelia Opie - 1825 - 612 páginas
...moralist to escape from the obligation of the principle which I here lay down. The economical rule, " take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves," may, with great benefit, be applied to morals. Few persons, comparatively, are exposed... | |
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