 | United States - 1826 - 440 pages
...adding> *° lost; 8-n** enemy, , last.' ' A fat kitchen makes a lean will,' as poor Richard says ; and, ' Many estates are spent in the getting ; Since women...hewing and splitting.' " 'If you would be wealthy, (says he, in another Almanac) think of saving", as well as of getting: the Indians have not made Spain... | |
 | United States - 1826 - 422 pages
...die not worth a groat at last.' ' A fut kitchen makes a lean will,' as poor Richard says ; and, _' Many estates are spent in the getting ; Since women...forsook spinning and knitting, * And men for punch foraook hewing and splitting.' " ' If you would be wealthy, (says he, in another Almanac) think of... | |
 | Literature - 1826 - 450 pages
...knitting, And men for punch forfoolc hewing and fplitting.'' " If you would be wealthy, think of faving, as well as of getting. The Indies have not made Spain rich, becaufe her outgoes are greater than her incomes." ,' Away, then, with your expenfive follies, and... | |
 | Ethics - 1828 - 234 pages
...would thrive, Himself must either hold or drive. Many estates are spent in the getting; 'Since women forsook spinning and knitting, And men for punch, forsook hewing and splitting. No. 95.] [THURSDAY. WELL-BEGUN IS HALF-DONE. When we have once made a good beginning in any difficult... | |
 | Jesse Torrey - Ethics - 1830 - 336 pages
...to the grindstone, and die not worth a groat at last.' 2 " 'A fat kitchen makes a lean will;' and ' Many estates are spent in the getting, Since women...because her outgoes are greater than her incomes.' 3 "Away, then, with your expensive follies, and you will not then have so much cause to complain of... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1831 - 310 pages
...lean will,' as poor Richard says; and, •Many estates are spent In tne getting; Since women for leii forsook spinning and knitting And men for punch forsook...hewing and splitting.' " • If you would be wealthy, (says he, In another Almanac) think of saving, as well as of getting: tlir Indies have not made Spain... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1831 - 314 pages
...and die not worth a groat at last.' A fat kitchen makes a lean will,' as poor Richard o'ays ; and, ' Many estates are spent in the getting ; Since women for tea forsook spianing and knitting, And men for punch forsook hewing and splitting.' '"If you would he wealthy,... | |
 | Walter Channing - Temperance - 1836 - 702 pages
...her credit. Truly, though quaintly, was it " said or sung " by Poor Richard, in days gone by, that " Many estates are spent in the getting Since women...knitting, And men for punch forsook hewing and splitting." The best estate of every man lies in the powers of mind with which his Creator has endowed him. That... | |
 | Working class - 1832 - 220 pages
...life to the grind stone, and die not worth a groat at last. A fat kitchen makes a lean [Fill;' and, ' Many estates are spent in the getting. Since women for tea forsook spinning and knitting, And men (or punch forsook hewing and splitting.' If you would be wealthy think of saving, as well as of getting.... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1834 - 206 pages
...;' and, ' Many estates are spent in £euinc, Since women for tea forsook spinning and knitting Ami men for punch forsook hewing and splitting ' ' If...have not made Spain rich, because her outgoes are rtrcntor than IIT incomes ' "Away then with your expensive follies, and you will not then have so much... | |
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... 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, and die not worth a groat at last. A fat kitchen makes a lean... 
