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...grindstone, and die not worth a groat at last. A fat kitchen makes a lean will." " Many estates are spent in getting, Since women for tea forsook spinning and...knitting, And men for punch forsook hewing and splitting." • Houlston and Sons, London. U. If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as of getting. The...

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...Advice; one thou hast lost, and the other thrown away. If you'd be wealthy, think of saving, more than of getting: The Indies have not made Spain rich, because her Outgoes equal her Incomes. When Knaves fall out, honest men get their goods : When Priests dispute, we come...

...worth a Groat at last. A fat Kitchen makes a lean Will, as Poor Richard says; and Many Estates are spent in the Getting, Since Women for Tea forsook...forsook Hewing and Splitting. If you would be wealthy, says he, in another Almanack, think of Saving as well as of Getting: The Indies have not made Spain...

...and scarce in that." "Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes it." "Many estates are spent in the getting, since women for tea forsook...knitting, and men for punch forsook hewing and splitting." "Time-enough always proves little enough." "The sleeping fox catches no poultry." "Early to bed, early...

...Will, as Poor Richard says; and, Many Estates are spent in the Getting, Since Women for Tea Jorsook Spinning and Knitting, And Men for Punch forsook Hewing and Splitting. If you would be wealthy, says he, in another Almanack, think of Saving as well as of Getting: The Indies have not made Spain...

...which clearly points out that tea as well as punch were at one time corrupting forces: Many estates are spent in the getting, since women, for tea, forsook...and men, for punch, forsook hewing and splitting. (Oxford Diet. 1 970:509) The origin of this expression is not known exactly, yet in all probability,...