 | Elizabeth Frank - 1842 - 304 pàgines
...long ; and I hope I shall be able to make it last still longer." A sensible old man used to say : " Take care of the pence ; and the pounds will take care of themselves." Penny, whence earnest thou ? Whither goest thou ? When wilt thou come again ? — Penny... | |
 | J. Fletcher - 1842 - 478 pàgines
...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... | |
 | Gregory Godolphin - 1844 - 260 pàgines
...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,... | |
 | Martin Farquhar Tupper - 1844 - 360 pàgines
...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... | |
 | George Pope Morris, Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1844 - 530 pàgines
...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.... | |
 | Physiology - 1844 - 86 pàgines
...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... | |
 | Hints - 1845 - 174 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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,... | |
 | Frank Ferguson - 1845 - 232 pàgines
...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... | |
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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. 
