 | Martin Farquhar Tupper - 1850 - 544 Seiten
...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 - 642 Seiten
...manifest to observing minds. Hence many of the sage maxims of our "proverbial philosophy," such as "Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves ;" "Take care of the minutes, and the hours will take care of themselves." The principle... | |
 | George Mogridge - 1851 - 116 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Saint John Henry Newman - 1851 - 426 Seiten
...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... | |
 | 1852 - 220 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Edward Butt - 1852 - 680 Seiten
...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 ¡8 a good piece of advice also, to take care of... | |
 | John Stoughton - 1852 - 290 Seiten
...will create a wise economy. As in money, so in time, we are to look chiefly to the smallest portions. Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves. Take care of the minutes and the hours, and years will take care of themselves. Gold is... | |
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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. 
