 | Female excellence - 1838 - 240 sider
...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... | |
 | John Roby - 1838 - 444 sider
...destroying the aim and comfort of a journey, often so dependent on trivial occurrences for its success. " Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves," is no less true, in a figurative sense, as regards trivialities of every description.... | |
 | 1839 - 430 sider
...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... | |
 | Amelia Opie - 1839 - 220 sider
...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,... | |
 | 1840 - 322 sider
...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.... | |
 | 1876 - 516 sider
...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... | |
 | 1841 - 414 sider
...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... | |
 | Thomas Hodgkin - 1841 - 508 sider
...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 - 600 sider
...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,... | |
 | J. Fletcher - 1842 - 478 sider
...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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Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves is as true of personal habits as of money. 
