 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1857 - 730 trang
...are a hundred indigent. 3494. A plowman on his legs, is higher than a gentleman on his knees. 3495. Always taking out of the meal-tub, and never putting in, soon comes to the bottom. 3496. When the well is dry we know the worth of water. 3497. If you would know the value of money,... | |
 | William Chambers - 1858 - 378 trang
...have had a small estate left them, which they knew not the getting of; they think ' It is day, and will never be night ;' that a little to be spent out...shillings and twenty years can never be spent ; but always by taking out of the meal-tub, and never putting in, soon comes to the bottom ;' then, as poor Dick... | |
 | Ferdinand E. A. Gasc - 1858 - 362 trang
...7 had a small estate left them, which they knew not the getting of;8 they think, ' It is day,9 and will never be night ;' that a little to be spent out of so much is not worth minding.10 But ' always taking out of the meal-tub, and never putting in, soon comes to the bottom... | |
 | 1859 - 80 trang
...kitchen fire. • . A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees. A child and a fool imagine twenty shillings and twenty years can never...meal-tub, and never putting in, soon comes to the bottom. When the well is dry, they know the worth of water. If you would know the value of money, go and try... | |
 | Elliot G. Storke - 1859 - 832 trang
...Perhaps they had a small estate left them, which they knew not the getting of; they think "it is day, and will never be night;" that a little to be spent out of so much is not worth minding; but " Always taking out of the meal-tub, and never putting in, soon comes to the bottom," as Poor Richard... | |
 | Ferdinand E A. Gasc - 1860 - 360 trang
...is day,9 and will never be night ;' that a little to be spent out of so much is not worth minding.10 But ' always taking out of the meal-tub, and never putting in, soon conies to the bottom ;' 11 then, as poor Dick says, ' When the well is dry, they12 know the worth of... | |
 | William Makepeace Thayer - 1860 - 342 trang
...great pennyworth pause awhile." " Silks and satins, scarlet and velvets, put out the kitchen fire." " Always taking out of the meal-tub, and never putting in, soon comes to the bottom." " For age and want save while you may,— No morning sun lasts a whole day." " It is easier to build... | |
 | William M. Thayer - 1861 - 304 trang
...great pennyworth pause awhile." " Silks and satins, scarlet and velvets, put out the kitchen fire." " Always taking out of the meal-tub, and never putting in, soon comes to the bottom. " For age and want save while you may, — No morning sun lasts a whole day." " It is easier to build... | |
 | Samuel Martin - 1863 - 352 trang
...their money at the earliest opportunity. Hear some of Poor Eichard's maxims in his ' Way to Wealth.' "Always taking out of the meal-tub and never putting in soon comes to the bottom." " Silks and satins, scarlets and velvets, put out the kitchen fire." " Creditors have better memories... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1864 - 260 trang
...they knew not the petting of; they think, " It is day, and will never be niiiht :" that a little to he spent out of so much is not worth minding: "A child...shillings and twenty years can never be spent ; but always by taking out of the meal-tub, and never putting in, soon comes to the bottom ;" then, as poor Dick... | |
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Knees, as Poor Richard says. Perhaps they have had a small Estate left them which they knew not the Getting of; they think 'tis Day, and will never be Night... 
