...MARRIAGE STATE, " There is a tide in the affairs of man, which if taken at the ebb will lead to fortune." He that by the plough would thrive, Himself must either hold or drive, For age and want save white you may, No morning sun lasts a whole day : Get what you can, and what...

...And again, Three removes is as bad as a Fire; and again, Keep the Shop, and thy Shop will keep thee; and again, If you would have your Business done; go;...The Eye of a Master will do more Work than both his Hands; and again, Want of Care does us more Damage than want of Knowledge; and again, Not to oversee...

...Collection of the Allentown Art Museum Gift of Robert W. and Nancy B. Lockwood, 1992(1992.07) Anonymous He that by the plough would thrive — Himself must either hold or drive, c. 1825-1850 Oil on canvas, 34 3/4 x 84 1/8 in. Collection of the Addi son Gallery of American Art,...

...Euphues, 406 (Arber), As the eye hath euer bene thought the pearle of the face. 1 732: Fuller, 4506. 13. The eye of a master will do more work than both his hands. 1736: Franklin, Way ¡a Wealth, in Works, \ 445 (Bigelow). 1843: Carlyle, Past and Present,...

...Philadelphia Museum of Art, bequest of Charles C. Willis, 1956. Photo by Philadelphia Museum of Art. Fig. 16 "He that by the plough would thrive — Himself must either hold or drive." Anonymous US painting, c. 1 820s. © Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass....

...required that every man "live in some warrantable calling"; to Benjamin Franklin, who observed that "he that by the Plough would thrive, / Himself must either hold or drive"; to Thomas Jefferson, who held that "small landholders are the most precious part of a state"; to John...