Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves is as true of personal habits as of money. Guesses at Truth - Page 239by Julius Charles Hare, Augustus William Hare - 1889 - 576 pagesFull view - About this book
| Reclaimed family - 1838 - 238 pages
...Each other to assist in what the; can." THE DRUNKEN COACHMAN. THERE is an old proverb which says, " take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves." On the same principle we would say, be careful not to commit little faults, and you will... | |
| Female excellence - 1838 - 240 pages
...upon the sense : such are the Select Remains of Mason, Cecil, Newton, etc. The well-known maxim, " Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of then/selves," is equally applicable to time. Take care of the minutes, and the days and the years will... | |
| Amelia Opie - 1839 - 220 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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.... | |
| 1841 - 600 pages
...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,... | |
| 1876 - 516 pages
...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... | |
| Thomas Hodgkin - 1841 - 508 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
| J. Fletcher - 1842 - 478 pages
...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... | |
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