 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
 | Benjamin Franklin - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 588 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 expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship, and again, who... | |
 | Jerome M. Segal - Philosophy - 2003 - 302 pages
...consumption are easily missed. And he was quite demanding in what he viewed as "excessive." He wrote, "You may think perhaps, that a little Tea, or a little...little finer, and a little Entertainment now and then, may be no great Matter; but remember what Poor Richard says, Many a Little makes a Mickle. ... A small... | |
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