 What maintains one Vice, would bring up two Children. "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...  Select Pieces - Page 7by Benjamin Franklin - 1804 - 59 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Godfrey Golding - 1873 - 348 pages
...What maintains one vice would bring up two No gains without pains. Plough deep while sluggards sleep, children. You may think, perhaps, that a little tea,...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 a great ship,... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - American prose literature - 1916 - 760 pages
...Deceit, Make the Wealth small and the Wants great. And farther, What maintains one Vice, would bring up two Children. You may think perhaps, that a little...remember what Poor Richard says, Many a Little makes a Mickle; and farther, Beware of little Expences; A small Leak will sink a great Ship; and again, Who... | |
 | George Rice Carpenter - American prose literature - 1916 - 798 pages
...Deceit, Make the Wealth small and the Wants great. And farther, What maintains one Vice, would bring up two Children. You may think perhaps, that a little...remember what Poor Richard says, Many a Little makes a Mickle; and farther, Beware of little Expences; A small Leak will sink a great Ship; and again, Who... | |
 | Wilmer Atkinson - 1920 - 512 pages
...will escape this disease ; which is called by the learned Lacko'mony. A fat kitchen makes a lean will. You may think perhaps that a little tea or a little punch now and then, a little more costly cloth, a little finery, and a little entertainment now and then can be no great... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1861 - 794 pages
...one vice would bring up two children." You may think, perhaps, that a little tea, or superfluities now and then, diet a little more costly, clothes a...now and then, can be no great matter; but remember, "Many a little makes a raickle." Beware of little expenses; "A small leak will sink a great ship,"... | |
 | Charles Herbert Sylvester - Anthologies - 1922 - 518 pages
...deceit, Make the wealth small and the wants great." And further, "what maintains one vice would bring up two children." You may think, perhaps, that a little tea or a little punch now and then, a diet a little more costly, clothes a little finer, and a little more entertainment now and then,... | |
 | Robert Shafer - American literature - 1926 - 1410 pages
...Deceit, Make the Wealth small and the Wants great. And farther, What maintains one Vice, would bring up mpany Mickle; and farther, Beware of little Expenses; A small Leak will sink a great Ship; and again, Who... | |
 | William Gardiner - Conduct of life - 1927 - 328 pages
...deceit, Make the wealth small and the wants great. And farther, What maintains one vice would bring up two children. You may think, perhaps, that a little tea, or a little punch now and then; a diet a little more costly; clothes a little finer; and a little more entertainment now and then,... | |
 | Robert Major - Literary Criticism - 1991 - 354 pages
...inutiles qui ne paraissent rien, mais qui au bout de l'année forment une somme assez ronde [338]» - «You may think, perhaps, that a little tea, or a...now and then, can be no great matter; but remember, Many a little makes a mickle. Beware of little expenses [98]. » Certes, les conseils de Franklin ne... | |
 | Various - History - 1994 - 676 pages
...Deceit, Make the Wealth small and the Wants great. And farther, What maintains one Vice, would bring up two Children. You may think perhaps, that a little...remember what Poor Richard says, Many a Little makes a Mickle; and farther, Beware of little Expences; A small Leak will sink a great Ship; and again, Who... | |
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