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" The cat in gloves catches no mice, as Poor Richard says. It is true there is much to be done, and perhaps you are weak-handed; but stick to it steadily, and you will see great effects; for, Constant dropping wears away stones; and, By diligence and patience... "
Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose: Selected ... - Page 1041
1797 - 1120 pages
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The Onward reciter ed. by W. Darrah, Volume 4

William Darrah - 1875 - 200 pages
...yourself idle, where there is so much to be done for yourself, your family, your country, and your God. There is much to be done, and, perhaps, you are weak-handed ; but stick to it steadily, and you will see great effects ; for "little strokes fell great oaks." the Baby....
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The Life of Benjamin Franklin

Jeremiah Chaplin - Biography & Autobiography - 1876 - 416 pages
...family, your country, be up by peep of day: "Let not the Sun look down and say, Inglorious here he lies!" Handle your tools without mittens; remember that "The cat in gloves catches no mice," as Poor Richard savs. 'Tis true there is much to be done, and perhaps you are weak-handed; but stick to it steadily,...
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The Holborn Series of Reading Books. Instructive Reader

Charles Joseph Sherwill Dawe - 1877 - 392 pages
...idle, when there is so much to be done for yourself, your family, your country, and your fellow-men. Handle your tools without mittens ; remember that...The cat in gloves catches no mice,' as Poor Richard says. It is true there is much to be done, and perhaps you are weak-handed ; but stick to it steadily,...
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How to get on

Godfrey Golding - 1877 - 268 pages
...your king. Handle your tools without mittens ; Industry pays debts. Early to bed, and early to rise, remember that the cat in gloves catches no mice, as poor Richard says. It is true there is much to be done, and perhaps you are weak-handed ; but stick to it steadily,...
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Appletons' School Readers

William Torrey Harris, Andrew Jackson Rickoff, Mark Bailey - Readers - 1878 - 508 pages
...catch yourself idle, when there is so much to be done for yourself, your family, and your country. It is true, there is much to be done, and perhaps you are weak-handed ; but stick to it steadily, and you will see great effects ; for ' constant dropping wears away stones,'...
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The secret of success; or, How to get on in the world

William Henry Davenport Adams - 1880 - 388 pages
...yourself idle, when there is so much to be done for yourself, your family, your country, and your king. Handle your tools without mittens ; remember that...the cat in gloves catches no mice,' as poor Richard says. It is true there is much to be done, and perhaps you are weakhanded ; but stick to it steadily,...
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Chambers's English readers, ed. by J.M.D. Meiklejohn, Book 6

John Miller D. Meiklejohn - 1880 - 426 pages
...as Poor Eichard says ; and further, ' Never leave that till to-morrow, which you can do to-day.' «. It is true, there is much to be done, and perhaps you are weak-handed; but stick to it steadily, and you will see great eifects ; for ' Constant dropping wears away stones ;...
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Political economy reading book

sir Robert Harry Inglis Palgrave - 1882 - 250 pages
...country, be up by peep of day ; " Let not the sun look down, and say, Inglorious here he lies ! " 7. ' Handle your tools without mittens ; remember, that...The cat in gloves catches no mice," as poor Richard says. It is true there is much to be done, and perhaps you are weak-handed : but stick to it steadily,...
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The Secrets of Success: Or, How to Get on in the World

Secrets - 1882 - 74 pages
...idle, when there is so much to be done for yourself, your family, your country, and your sovereign. Handle your tools without mittens ; remember that " The cat in gloves catches no mice." It is true, there is much to be done, and, perhaps, you are weakhanded ; but stick to it steadily,...
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Chambers's graduated readers, Book 4

Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1883 - 240 pages
...may be hindered to-morrow; and further, never leave that till to-morrow which you can do to-day. 9. Handle your tools without mittens ; remember that the cat in gloves catches no mice. It is true there is much to be done, and perhaps you are weakhanded ; but stick to it steadily, and...
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