| Amelia Opie - 1825 - 612 pages
...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... | |
| Amelia Opie - 1825 - 124 pages
...keep a family for one day from starving ? My dear child, there is an excellent proverb which says, "Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves." None of us have a right to spend an unnecessary penny ; that is, a penny wantonly, on... | |
| Eli Meeker (Rev) - 1827 - 414 pages
...insensibly and theii* little excesses, like a moth, consume all they possess. It is a common proverb, Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves. So the wasting of cents, is the consumption of thousands of dollars. Thus the present prospects... | |
| Amelia Opie - 1828 - 300 pages
...highly gifted individual wisely considered tlie importance of moments. That excellent old proverb, " take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves," meaning that those who do not spend pence wantonly, will always be sure to have pounds,... | |
| 1829 - 490 pages
...know that thou art welt to do in the world, and can maintain thyself, still, Willie dear, remember to take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves." Willie smiled complacently on this effusion of maternal prudence ; but perhaps he could... | |
| William Maginn - 1831 - 756 pages
...everything twice, or three times, as much as anybody else : they utterly disregard the old proverd — "Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves;" and when they have lavished their all, they find that they have purchased nothing but... | |
| Amelia Opie - 1832 - 232 pages
...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... | |
| 1832 - 368 pages
...of the plan mainly depends. Our philosopher is fully borne out by the proverbial prescription, •' Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves.") We have thus culled from this little treatise twenty good rule» of. life — which,... | |
| John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson - 1833 - 588 pages
...containing some observations on the economy of the Procellaria pelagica, or * Dr. Franklin says, " Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves;" a truth as applicable to the employment of time as to treasure or talent ; the three ts... | |
| 1837 - 1322 pages
...be carried on to great advantage, whilst the fingers are mechanically employed. " The old adage, ' Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves,' may be thus parodied, Take care of the minutes, and the days will take care of themselves.... | |
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