 | Philip Dormer Stanhope (4th earl of Chesterfield.), Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1846 - 212 trang
...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... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1846 - 514 trang
...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.... | |
 | 1846 - 620 trang
...•' 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... | |
 | John Saul Howson - 1846 - 116 trang
...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... | |
 | Martin Farquhar Tupper - 1846 - 454 trang
...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... | |
 | John Mather Austin - 1847 - 414 trang
...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... | |
 | John Henry Sherburne - 1847 - 278 trang
...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 trang
...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... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1847 - 850 trang
...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... | |
 | Martin Farquhar Tupper - 1847 - 470 trang
...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... | |
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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. 
