 | Alexander Chalmers - 1817 - 436 pagina’s
...than of great ; and I suspect this proceeds from too implicit a reliance on the antient precept, " take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves." Though this may be the case in general, there are so many exceptions to the rule, that... | |
 | 1829 - 612 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | 1835 - 564 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...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.... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 414 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...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.... | |
 | 1824 - 588 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | Amelia Opie - 1825 - 124 pagina’s
...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... | |
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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. 
