 | 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... | |
 | 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
...the favour of the public, to preserve the sense of his personal identity. " Misfortune," Shakspeare says, " brings a man acquainted with strange bed-fellows...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 oldal
...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 oldal
...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,... | |
 | Physiology - 1844 - 86 oldal
...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... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1845 - 432 oldal
...the favor of the public, to preserve the sense of his personal identity. " Misfortune," ShakSpeare says, " brings a man acquainted with strange bed-fellows...maxim with many — " Take care of the pence, and 1he pounds will take care of themselves." Those only put it in practice successfully who think more... | |
 | Hints - 1845 - 174 oldal
...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... | |
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Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves. 
