 | John Henry Sherburne - 1847 - 278 頁
...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... | |
 | Martin Farquhar Tupper - 1847 - 470 頁
...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... | |
 | 1848 - 420 頁
...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... | |
 | Miss Pardoe (Julia) - 1848 - 332 頁
...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... | |
 | William Euen - 1848 - 164 頁
...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... | |
 | 1854 - 672 頁
...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 頁
...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... | |
 | Benjamin Humphrey Smart - 1849 - 184 頁
...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... | |
 | Lessons - 1849 - 244 頁
...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 頁
...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... | |
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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. 
