"I knew once a very covetous, sordid fellow who used to say, "Take care of the pence, for the pounds will take care of themselves.""
— Money

January 1, 1970

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Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, Letters. Nov. 6, 1747; also Feb. 5, 1750. Quoting Lowndes. Reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 521-24.