 | Ludwig Herrig - American literature - 1854 - 580 pages
...men are saved, not by f'aith, but by the want of it;" but a man's own care is profitable; for, „if you would have a faithful servant, and one that you like, serve yourself. A little neglect may breed great mischief; for want of a nail the shoe was lost, and for want of a... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1855 - 402 pages
...riches to the careful, as well as puwer to the bold, and heaven to the virtuous.' And, farther, ' If you would have a faithful servant, and one that you...sometimes, ' A little neglect may breed great mischief;' adding, 'For want of a nail the shoe was lost ; for want of a shoe the horse was lost ; and for want... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Readers - 1857 - 320 pages
...have no rivals. Against diseases, know the strongest fence is the defensive virtue, abstinence. If you would have a faithful servant, and one that you like, serve yourself. 3. A mob 'sa monster ; with heads enough, but no brains. There is nothing humbler1' than ambition when... | |
 | Epes Sargent - American literature - 1855 - 348 pages
...have no rivals. Against diseases, know the strongest fence is the defensive virtue, abstinence. If you would have a faithful servant, and one that you like, serve yourself. 3. A mob 'sa monster ; with heads enough, but no brains. There is nothing humbler" than ambition when... | |
 | Henry Pitman - 1316 pages
...profit. He knows, with " Poor Eichard," that "A stitch in time eaves nine :" and that " For want of a nail, the shoe was lost ; For want of a shoe, the horse was lost ; For want of a horse, the rider was lost ; — And all for want of a horse-shoe nail." There... | |
 | Agriculture - 1856 - 622 pages
...threepence." M. Say's story is one of the many examples of the truth of the old proverb : "For want of a nail the shoe was lost, for want of a shoe the horse was lost, for want of a horse the man was lost.' TEE CHILDHEN'THAT WENT WEST. About three weeks ago a company... | |
 | Charles Knight - Industrial arts - 1856 - 554 pages
...threepence." M. Say-s story is one of the many examples of the truth of the old proverb — " for want of a nail the shoe was lost, for want of a shoe the horse was lost, for want of a horse the man was lost." Nearly all the great variety of articles in a hardware... | |
 | Aphorisms and apothegms - 1856 - 372 pages
...of fortune whose wings they thought by their self-wisdom to have pinioned. — Lord Bacon. DCCCV. If you would have a faithful servant, and one that you like, serve yourself. — Franklin. DCCCVL Whoever has flattered his friend successfully, must at once think himself a knave,... | |
 | Arthur L. Costa, Bena Kallick - Education - 2004 - 194 pages
...Philosopher There is no dependence that can be sure but a dependence upon one's self. — John Cay If you would have a faithful servant, and one that you like, serve yourself. — Benjamin Franklin * I have always regarded myself as the pillar of my life. — Meryl Streep Use... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Reference - 2004 - 320 pages
...and Riches to the Careful, as well as Power to the Bold, and Heaven to the Virtuous. And farther, If you would have a faithful Servant, and one that you...sometimes a little Neglect may breed great Mischief, adding, For want of a Nail the Shoe was lost; for want of a Shoe the Horse was lost; and for want of... | |
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And again, he adviseth to circumspection and care, even in the smallest matters, because sometimes, a little neglect may breed great mischief; adding, for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse... 
