 | Amelia Opie - 1839 - 220 oldal
...highly gifted individual wisely considered the importance of moments. That excellent old proverb, " take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves," meaning that those who do not spend pence wantonly, will always be sure to have pounds,... | |
 | 1839 - 430 oldal
...know that thou art well to do in the world, and can maintain thyself, still, \Villii dear, remember to take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves.' Willie smiled complacently on this effusion of ma. ternal prudence ; but perhaps he could... | |
 | 1840 - 322 oldal
...you are listening to others', or when your mind is so preoccupied that you cannot give it to a book. The old adage, " Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves'," may be thus parodied'; Take care of the minutes 1", and the days will take care of themselves.... | |
 | Thomas Hodgkin - 1841 - 508 oldal
...one will do; and do not spend a farthing when it is not necessary to do so. It has been well said, ' Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves/ 4. " Make a point of laying up all that can be saved: and having managed to save a sum... | |
 | 1841 - 414 oldal
...own part, view the matter in a very different light. There is an old thrifty proverb which says — ' take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves,' and I am inclined to adopt the idea in the management of an estate, viz. — to take care... | |
 | 1876 - 516 oldal
...Grandmother had duly informed us, at a very early period in our own history, of Poor Richard's maxim, " Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves," though by the way the pounds we get hold of do not seem to have that capacity. Still we... | |
 | 1841 - 600 oldal
...much-insulted lady, with a due assumption of dignity. " The proverb says — see Poor Richard, page thirteen— take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves." " But nothing, my dear, about the farthings or the decimals." " How can you be so tiresome,... | |
 | Elizabeth Frank - 1842 - 304 oldal
...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 oldal
...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... | |
 | George Pope Morris, Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1844 - 530 oldal
...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.... | |
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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. 
