 | Martin Farquhar Tupper - 1846 - 454 pages
...another sovereign, and was owed again ; but, trust him, he wasn't going to be cheated out of that: take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves. But still it was ditto repeated; changing, being owed, grudging, grumbling : at last he... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope (4th earl of Chesterfield.), Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1846 - 212 pages
...of the treasury in the reigns of King William, Queen Anne, and King George the first, used to say, take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves. To A this maxim, which he not only preached, but practised, his* two grandsons, at this... | |
 | John Saul Howson - 1846 - 116 pages
...the growth of habits. It was said that habits are formed by acts; general habits by particular acts. Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves. Plant your trees, and in time you will have a wood. A seaman becomes expert, by making... | |
 | 1846 - 620 pages
...•' That old birds are not to be caught with chaff," " That what everybody says must be true," •' Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves," and a hundred other of the tritest savings. These surely do not offer much, either to... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1846 - 514 pages
...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 Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1847 - 850 pages
...insignificant; yet how fast they run up to something of consequence ! Truly might Poor Richard say — " Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves." It is very important for all persons in humble circumstances to remember, that if they spend all they... | |
 | John Henry Sherburne - 1847 - 278 pages
...few pounds the richer, save myself much trouble and mortification, and to recollect Dr. Franklin's maxim — " take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves." I followed the advice of my friend, and found he was correct; and would also here advise... | |
 | 1847 - 394 pages
...my boy, and ask of him His pardon and his love." HOW PENCE MAKE POUNDS; OR, THE. LITTLE ECONOMIST. " TAKE care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves," says poor Richard; and w^Ji this motto I would wish my young friends to pay attention... | |
 | 1847 - 296 pages
...narrow iron cylinder, through which all the water intended for the feeding of the boiler is passed. " Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves," is a proverb that has been amply verified in the experience of mine engineers. The principal... | |
 | John Mather Austin - 1847 - 414 pages
...husbands and wives who flatter themselves they are quite economical. Dr. Franklin's favorite maxim was, " Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves." This care is peculiarly necessary in a family. Take care of the small expenses as well... | |
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Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves is as true of personal habits as of money. 
