John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
3939 Benjamin Franklin 1706-1790 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 3939 |
| AUTHOR: | Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) |
| QUOTATION: | A man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his nose to the grindstone. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Maxims prefixed to Poor Richard’s Almanac, 1757. |
| Note 1. See Heywood, Quotation 30. [back] |