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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... "
Essays and Letters - Page 79
by Benjamin Franklin - 1820 - 340 pages
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Sunday readings in prose and verse, selected and ed. by J.E. Carpenter

Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1866 - 236 pages
...entertainment now and then, can be no great matter ; but remember, ' Many a little makes a mickle.' Beware of little expenses ; ' A small leak will sink...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...
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Advice to youths about entering a commercial career

William H. Ablett - Commerce - 1867 - 94 pages
...entertainment now and then, can be no great matter, but, remember, 'many a little makes a mickle.' Beware of little expenses : ' a small leak will sink...goods ; but, if you do not take care, they will prove evils to some of you. You expect the'y will be sold cheap, and, perhaps, they may be for less than...
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Lady Bountiful's Legacy to Her Family and Friends: A Book of Practical ...

John Timbs - Cooking - 1868 - 394 pages
...entertainment now and then, can be no matter ; but remember many a little makes a meikle ; and further, beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.' Parsimony and economy are opposite lines of conduct, which in domestic affairs are too often confounded....
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Library Puzzles and Word Games for Grades 7-12

Carol Smallwood - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1990 - 200 pages
...States champion of men's singles tennis, 1881: 14. Academy Award director winner in 1986: 15. Wrote: "Beware of Little Expenses; A Small Leak Will Sink a Great Ship": 16. King of the fairies in the play A Midsummer Night's Dream: 17. Founder of the Bodleian Library,...
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Review of the U.S. Honey Program: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on ...

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry - Political Science - 1992 - 104 pages
...will have to become a much more cost-conscious manager. A recently received quote summarizes it best. "Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship." ; made to the Michigan Agricultural Expcrim for its support uf "Department of Entomology, Michigan...
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Phillips' Book of Great Thoughts and Funny Sayings

Bob Phillips - Quotations, English - 1993 - 372 pages
...illness. EXISTENCE Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed. EXPENSES Beware of little expenses: a small leak will sink a great ship. Benjamin Franklin Meeting your expenses is easy — in fact, it's impossible to avoid them. EXPERIENCE...
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Early American Writing

Various - History - 1994 - 676 pages
...Little makes a Mickle; and farther, Beware of little Expences; A small Leak will sink a great Ship; and again, Who Dainties love, shall Beggars prove;...moreover, Fools make Feasts, and wise Men eat them. . . . And now to conclude, Experience keeps a dear School, but Fools will learn in no other, and scarce...
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61 Cooperative Learning Activities: Thinking, Writing, and Speaking Skills

Ann Bourman - Education - 1997 - 146 pages
...live well. 23. There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one's self. 24. Beware of little expenses: a small leak will sink a great ship. 25. People who are wrapped up in themselves make small packages. 26. Better slip with foot than tongue....
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Focus on U.S. History: The Era of Colonization and Settlement

Kathy Sammis - History - 1997 - 128 pages
...top. 9. Dally not with other folk's women or money. 10. Wealthandcontentarenotalwaysbedfellows. 5. Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship. 6. He that hath a trade, hath an estate. 11. Fish and visitors stink in three days. 12. Having been...
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Benjamin Franklin Wit and Wisdom

Benjamin Franklin - Biography & Autobiography - 1998 - 76 pages
...Work than his Hand. The Traveller that is struck by Lightning, seldom gets home to tell his Widow. Beware of little Expenses: a small leak will sink a great Ship. There are no ugly loves, nor handsome prisons. He that would have a short Lent. let him borrow money...
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