 | Benjamin Franklin - Inventors - 1853 - 522 pages
...demand is made before you are prepared to satisfy it; or, if you bear your debt in mind, the term, which at first seemed so long, will, as it lessens,...can bear a little extravagance without injury; but ' For age and want save while you may, — No morning sun lasts a whole day.' Gain may be temporary... | |
 | 1853 - 446 pages
...ease pain ; it makes no increase of merit in the person, it creates envy, it hastens misfortune. " At present perhaps you may think yourselves in thriving...can bear a little extravagance without injury ; but ' For age and want save while you may, No morning sun lasts a whole day.' And again Poor Richard says,... | |
 | William Chambers - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1853 - 858 pages
...preserve your freedom, and maintain your independence : be industrious and free ; be frugal and free. At present, perhaps, you may think yourselves in thriving...can bear a little extravagance without injury ; but { For t\ffe itnd want save while you may, No morning sun lasls a whole day,1 as poor Richard says.... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - American literature - 1854 - 580 pages
...seem to have added wings to his heels äs well äs his shoulders.' 1 ,,Those have a short lent, «ho owe money to be paid at Easter." At present, perhaps,...you can bear a little extravagance without injury; bnt „For age and want save while you may, No .morning sun lasts a whole duy." Gain may be temporary... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1855 - 402 pages
...the demand is made before you are prepared to satisfy it. Or if you bear your debt in mind, the term, which at first seemed so long, will, as it lessens,...will seem to have added wings to his heels as well as at his shoulders. ' Those have a short Lent (saith poor Richard) who owe money to be paid at Easter.'... | |
 | Joseph Gostwick - American literature - 1856 - 338 pages
...demand is made before you are prepared to satisfy it ; or, if you bear your debt in mind, the term, which at first seemed so long, will, as it lessens,...you may think yourselves in thriving circumstances, aiid that you can bear a little extravagance without injury ; but 'For age and want save while you... | |
 | Aphorisms and apothegms - 1856 - 570 pages
...demand is made before you are prepared to satisfy it ; or, if you bear your debt in mind, the term, which at first seemed so long, will, as it lessens,...added wings to his heels as well as his shoulders. Thosfi have a short Lent who owe money to be paid at Easter. Fuller. T OSE not thy own for want of... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American prose literature - 1856 - 592 pages
...demand is made before you are prepared to satisfy it ; or, if you bear vour debt in mind, the term, which at first seemed so long, will, as it lessens,...will seem to have added wings to his heels as well ae his shoulders. Тhоic have a short Lent, jr/io ouv mouty to be paid at Easier. At present, perhaps,... | |
 | Aphorisms and apothegms - 1856 - 372 pages
...be bravely eccentric, and scorn the beaten road, from universal benevolence. — Ooidsmith. CCCXXXVL Those have a short Lent who owe money to be paid at Easter.— Franklin. CCCXXXVIL The general cry is against mgratitude, but sure the complaint is misplaced, it... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - Cookery - 1857 - 730 pages
...than debtors. 3510. Creditors are a superstitious sect, great observers of set days and times. ' 3511. Those have a short Lent who owe money to be paid at Easter. 3512. The borrower is a slave to the lender, and the debtor to the creditor. 3513. For age and want... | |
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The day comes round before you are aware, and the demand is made before you are prepared to satisfy it; or, if you bear your debt in mind, the term, which at first seemed so long, will, as it lessens, appear extremely short. Time will seem to have added... 
