 | J. Fletcher - 1842 - 478 pagine
...subject, as the chosen matters of investigation. In money matters it is a good piece of advice to " take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves :" in scientific and literary matters, it is a good piece of advice also, to take care of... | |
 | Physiology - 1844 - 86 pagine
...away upon possession, but the esteem for the procurer will last. In courtship, Franklin's maxim, " Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves," holds strictly true. A man never forgets to pay attention on great occasions, though he... | |
 | George Pope Morris, Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1844 - 530 pagine
...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.... | |
 | Martin Farquhar Tupper - 1844 - 360 pagine
...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... | |
 | Gregory Godolphin - 1844 - 260 pagine
...passed away in which Mr. Greedy did not impress upon the minds of his children the sensible maxim, "Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves," or from the circumstance that he had repeatedly been heard to say with great emphasis,... | |
 | Frank Ferguson - 1845 - 232 pagine
...expenditures, — be particular in details, and let no item escape your registry. It is a good saying, " Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves." When you make contracts, settle all the particulars respecting them at the time. Never... | |
 | Hints - 1845 - 174 pagine
...get rid, if possible, of their small bills before they trouble themselves with their large ones. " Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves." Of course, impossibilities will be impossibilities still ; and if the Detrimental be equally... | |
 | Anna Maria Hall - 838 pagine
...waves. All the popular sayings are not against me either on this point; the best of them are with me. " Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves," is our English aphorism. The shrewd Scoteh, with a saving touch of Northern caution, have... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1845 - 720 pagine
...construction in the erection of a building. To use a simile, they act in utter defiance of the proverb, "take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves ;" — they devote their talents to the main walls, windows, and doors, with their decorations,... | |
 | Susan Fenimore Cooper - 1845 - 954 pagine
...not the result of Baltimore prices, but of her own mismanagement. Franklin advises his friends to " take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves ;" but this rule is by no means infallible. Perhaps there is no species of extravagance... | |
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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. 
