 | Miss Pardoe (Julia) - 1848 - 332 страница
...interest for it ; unquestionable security ; you may trust me. But be saving, Gertrude ; be saving. ' Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves, as poor Richard says.' But what do you want to do with part of it, child ? What can you... | |
 | 1848 - 420 страница
...another pounding." — " Pound away you fool. Me and Dr. Franklin agrees, Dr. Franklin says : '• Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of thcmslevcs." A SAD MISTAKE. — A certain lady had a custom of saying to a favorite little dog, to... | |
 | William Euen - 1848 - 164 страница
...stuff life is made of. 4. Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. 5. Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves. 6. The sleeping fox catches no poultry, and there is sleeping enough in the grave. 7. Lost... | |
 | Benjamin Humphrey Smart - 1849 - 184 страница
...that blows nobody good. — Tread on a worm, and it wttl turn. — Penny wise and pound foolish. — Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves. — Good words cost nothing. — Better lose a jest than a friend. — Pardon others, but... | |
 | 1854 - 672 страница
...hours, and this amounts to a large sum of waste tune in a week. You will have heard the old saying, " Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves." As it is with money, so it is with time. " Take care of the minutes, and the hours will... | |
 | John Antrobus - 1849 - 336 страница
...hence may reap, in succession, all the various advantages that the most perfect system could produce. " Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves," is an old and trite maxim, that holds equally true of education ; and the parent who covets... | |
 | Lessons - 1849 - 244 страница
...you buy ; be frugal ; and, if possible, never get into debt, or rely upon the charity of others. " Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves." Do not become weekly customers for your provisions, coals, or clothing, but secure the... | |
 | 1850 - 642 страница
...manifest to observing minds. Hence many of the sage maxims of our "proverbial philosophy," such as "Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves ;" "Take care of the minutes, and the hours will take care of themselves." The principle... | |
 | Harvey Prindle Peet - 1850 - 278 страница
...done in order to state the consequences. Flatter a child, and you will be sure to please its mother. Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves. Set a little boy on horseback, and he will perhaps break his neck. " Train up a child in... | |
 | 1850 - 818 страница
...the value of time. Labour to improve every minute. There is an old proverb with regard to money, " Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves," implying that those who look narrowly ¡ after small sums, will not be very likely j to... | |
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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. 
