 You may think, perhaps, that a little tea, or a little punch now and then, diet a little more costly, clothes a little finer, and a little entertainment now and then, can be no great matter ; but remember, ' many a little makes a mickle.' Beware of little...  Essays and Letters - Page 79by Benjamin Franklin - 1820 - 340 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1861 - 214 pages
...while the foul makes its exit the other. This is letting in your friend and expelling your enemy 1 Beware of little expenses:— "A small leak will sink a great ship," аз Poor Richard says ; and again, " Who dainties love shall beggars prove ;" and moreover, *' Fools... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 792 pages
...little entertainment now and then, can be no great matter ; but remember, Many a little makes a micfcle. Beware of little expenses : A small leak will sink...and again, Who dainties love, shall beggars prove ; aud moreover, Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them. " Here you are all got together at this sale... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1862 - 796 pages
...little entertainment now and then, can be no great matter ; but remember, Maay a little makes a miclele. Beware of little expenses : A small leak will sink...great ship, as Poor Richard says ; and again, Who daiatiss love, shall beggars prove ; and moreover, Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them. " Here... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 pages
...day prove that the humblest may practise it with success. Jot no*. , ECONOMY— in small Expenditure. Beware of little expenses : a small leak will sink a great ship. fraxili*. ECONOMY— preferable to Extravagance. I had rather see my courtiers laugh at my avarice,... | |
 | Agriculture - 1862 - 588 pages
...of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar. Keep thy shop and thy shop will keep thee. Beware of little expenses, a small leak will sink a great ship. An ounce of wit that is bought is worth a pound that is taught. A plowman on his legs is higher than... | |
 | Alphonse Mariette - 1863 - 400 pages
...great matter ; but remember what poor Richard says, " Many a little makes a mickle •" and further, " Beware of little expenses ; a small leak will sink a great ship." .... This doctrine, my friends, is reason and wisdom ; but, after all, do not depend too much upon... | |
 | Great Britain. Committee on Education - Education - 1864 - 200 pages
...will not then have so much cause to complain of hard times, heavy taxes, and chargeable families. " Here you are all got together to this sale of fineries...goods ; but if you do not take care, they will prove evils to some of you. You expect they will be sold cheap, and perhaps they may for less than they cost... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1864 - 260 pages
...diet a little more costly, clothes a little finer, and a little entertainment now and then, can bo " "Who dainties love, shall beggars prove;" and, moreover,...wise men eat them." * Here you are all got together at this sale of fineries and nicknacks. You call them^oorfs; but if you do not take care, they will... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - Home economics - 1865 - 410 pages
...entertainment now and then, can be no great matter ; but remember, " Many a little mokes a mickle." vi. Beware of little expenses: "A small leak will sink...moreover, " Fools make feasts and wise men eat them." vii. Here you are all got together to this sale of fineries and nick-nacks. You call them goods; but... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1865 - 798 pages
...micklc. IScware of little expenses : ^'1 small leak will sink a great ship, as Poor Richard fays ; and again, Who dainties love, shall beggars prove ; and moreover, Fools make feasts, and ictsr men eat them. " Here you are all got together at this sale of fineries and knick biacks. You... | |
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