 | William Chambers - Conduct of life - 1858 - 378 pages
...great matter ; but remember what poor Richard says : ' Many a little makes a meikle;' and further: 'Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship;' and again: 'Who dainties love, shall beggars prove;' and, moreover: 'Fools make feasts, and wise men... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1859 - 812 pages
...entertainment now and then, can be no great matter ; but remember, Many a little makes a mickle. Beware ot' little expenses : A small leak will sink a great ship,...wise men eat them. " Here you are all got together at this sale of fineries and knickknacks. You call them goods ; but, if you do not take care, they... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1859 - 482 pages
...matter; but remember: Many a little makes a mickle. Beware of little expenses : A small leak will tink a great ship, as Poor Richard says ; and again : Who...moreover : Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them. 7. " Here you are all assembled at this sale of fineries and knick-knacks. You call them goods; but,... | |
 | Americans - 1859 - 80 pages
...deceit, Moke the wealth small, and the want great. What maintains one vice, would bring up two children. Beware of little expenses ; a small leak will sink a great ship. Who dainties love, shall beggars prove. Buy what thou hast no need of, and ere long thou shalt sell... | |
 | 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... | |
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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... 
