 So much for industry, my friends, and attention to one's own business, but to these we must add frugality if we would make our industry more certainly successful. A man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, "keep his nose all his life to the grindstone,...  Poor Richard; or, The way to wealth - Page 7by Benjamin Franklin - 1820 - 288 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Various - History - 1994 - 676 pages
...these we must add Frugality, if we would make our Industry more certainly successful. A Man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his Nose all...a Groat at last. A fat Kitchen makes a lean Will, as Poor Richard says; and Many Estates are spent in the Getting, Since Women for Tea forsook Spinning... | |
 | Alyce M. McKenzie - Religion - 1996 - 194 pages
...learn in no other, and scarce in that." "Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes it." "Many estates are spent in the getting, since women for tea forsook spinning and knitting, and men for punch forsook hewing and splitting." "Time-enough always proves little enough."... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Biography & Autobiography - 1998 - 404 pages
...Grindstone, and die not worth a Groat at last. A fat Kitchen makes a lean Will, as Poor Richard says; and, Many Estates are spent in the Getting, Since Women for Tea Jorsook Spinning and Knitting, And Men for Punch forsook Hewing and Splitting. If you would be wealthy,... | |
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