 | 1850 - 818 էջ
...the value of time. Labour to improve every minute. There is an old proverb with regard to money, " Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves," implying that those who look narrowly ¡ after small sums, will not be very likely j to... | |
 | Martin Farquhar Tupper - 1850 - 544 էջ
...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... | |
 | 1850 - 632 էջ
...or enjoy. — if. T. Ег-апдсЫ. "TRIFLES." THE principle involved in the maxim of Franklin, " Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves," is universally just, and susceptible of quite other applications than the philosopher... | |
 | Saint John Henry Newman - 1851 - 426 էջ
...let each approve himself in his own neighbourhood; if each portion is defended, the whole is secured. Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves. Let the London press alone; do not appeal to it; do not expostulate with it; do not flatter... | |
 | George Mogridge - 1851 - 116 էջ
...and profitably is harder than either. There is a saying which has a great deal of good sense in it: " Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves." You will do well to remember, that, though "the love of money is the root of all evil,"... | |
 | Martin Farquhar Tupper - 1851 - 532 էջ
...changed 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... | |
 | Success - 1851 - 362 էջ
...there is no lack of such sayings as, "A pin a day is a groat a year ? or that we have already quoted," Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves." Perhaps the former of these maxims, which bears such strongly marked features of homelier... | |
 | John Henry Newman (card.) - 1851 - 442 էջ
...each approve himself in his own neighbourhood ; if each portion is defended, the whole is secured. Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves. Let the London press alone ; do not appeal to it ; do not expostulate with it ; do not... | |
 | 1852 - 220 էջ
...multiplying itself progressively, until it arrived at thousands; for, as Lord Chesterfield observes, take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves. In fact, the truth is, that wealth is at first acquired by very minute particles: small... | |
 | Rev. Daniel Smith - 1852 - 278 էջ
...days will slip through your hands unprofitable and frivolous, and really unenjoyed by yourself.' " "Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves," is the maxim of those who pursue wealth. "Take care of the minutes, and the hours will... | |
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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. 
