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
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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.... | |
| 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,... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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.... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| |