 | Virginia Waddy - 1889 - 432 Seiten
...and give reasons: 1. Knavery is supple and can bend but honesty is firm and upright and yields not 2. Beware of little expenses a small leak will sink a great ship 3. An egotist always speaks of himself either in praise or censure but a modest man shuns making himself... | |
 | 1891 - 556 Seiten
...our words, That many have supposed it a spirit That answers. Webster. ECONOMY. IN SMALL EXPENDITURES. Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship. Franklin. MAXIMS OF. No man is rich whose expenditure exceeds his means ; and no one is poor whose... | |
 | Caroline Louisa Hunt - 1891 - 116 Seiten
...great effort the spirit to brace 'Gainst the terror that dwells in a creditor's face. BP SHILLABER. Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship. B. FRANKLIN. Economy is the parent of integrity, of liberty, and of ease. DR. JOHNSON. EDUCATION. Learning... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - 1893 - 518 Seiten
...entertainment now and then, can be no great matter; but remember, ' Many a little makes a mickle. ' Beware of little expenses; 'A small leak will sink a great ship,' as Poor Richard says; and again, ' Who dainties love, shall beggars prove;' and moreover, 'Fools make... | |
 | Maturin Murray Ballou - 1894 - 604 Seiten
...plough goes and cattle feed, than fine gardens that require much watering and sweeping. — Plutarch. Beware of little expenses ; a small leak will sink a great ship. — Franklin. Qualities not regulated run into their oppositcs. Economy betore competence is meanness... | |
 | Marshman William Hazen - 1895 - 452 Seiten
...II. 1. " ' What maintains one vice would bring up two children ;' ' Many a little makes a mickle.' Beware of little expenses ; ' A small leak will sink a great ship,' as Poor Richard says. Here you are, all got together to this sale of fineries and knickknacks. You... | |
 | 1895 - 660 Seiten
...be no great matter. But remember what Poor RICHARD says, Many a Little makes a Mickle ; and farther, Beware of little expenses ! a small leak will sink a great ship ; and again, Who dainties love ; shall beggars prove I and moreover, Fools make feasts, and wise men... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1896 - 462 Seiten
...and something may be done for us: 'God helps them that help themselves,' as Poor Richard says. . . " Beware of little expenses : 'A small leak will sink a great ship, ' as Poor Richard says ; and again, ' Who dainties love, shall beggars prove ; ' and moreover, ' Fools... | |
 | Louis Klopsch - 1896 - 382 Seiten
...liberty and of ease, and the beauteous sister of temperance, of cheerfulness and health. — DR. JOHNSON. Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship. — FRANKLIN. If you know how to spend less than you get you have the philosopher's stone. — FRANKLIN.... | |
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And again: Who dainties love shall beggars prove; and, moreover, Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them. 
