He's gone, and forgot nothing but to say farewell to his creditors
It is the working man who is the happy man. It is the idle man who is the miserable man.
A penny saved is twopence dear; A pin a day 's a groat a year.
A little neglect may breed great mischief. ... For want of a nail, the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe, the horse was lost; for want of a horse, the battle was lost; for want of the battle, the war was lost.
Don't think to hunt two hares with one dog.
He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.