Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.
Penny
A bad penny always comes back.German.
A penny in my purse will bid me drink when all the friends I have will not.
A penny in the pocket is better than a ducat in the chest.German.
A penny in time is as good as a dollar.Danish.
A penny is sometimes better spent than spared.
A penny saved is a penny gained.
A penny saved is twopence clear,
A pin a day’s a groat a year.Franklin.
A pennyworth of ease is worth a penny.
A single penny fairly got,
Is worth a thousand that are not.German.
Account not that work slavery
That brings in penny savory.
An ill-won penny will cast down a pound.
Better a penny out of the land than a dollar out of the sea.German.
Better one’s own penny than another’s dollar.German.
Better penny in silver than any brother.
Better to-day a penny than to-morrow a dollar.German.
Ducats are clipped, pence are not.German.
Every penny that’s saved is not gotten.
He that does not save pennies will never have pounds.Spanish.
He that regards not a penny will lavish a pound.
He who was born to pennies will never be master of dollars.Danish.
In for a penny, in for a pound.
It is a good penny with which one gains a dollar.German.
Lay thy hand upon thy half-penny twice before thou partest with it.
One cannot have a good penny with bad ware.French.
One penny in the money-box makes more noise than when it is full.Dutch.
One penny is better on land than ten on the seas.Danish.
One penny with right is better than a thousand without right.German.
Penny and penny laid up will be many.
Penny in pocket is a good companion.
Penny is penny’s brother.German.
Penny wise and pound foolish.
Put two pennies in a purse an’ they’ll come thegither.
Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves.
That penny is well spent that saves a groat.
That which is stamped a penny will never be a pound.Danish.
The honest penny is better than the stolen dollar.
The penny does not remain with a poor man.
The penny is the best companion in all lands.German.
The smith and his penny are always black.
The smith makes more noise to earn a penny than the goldsmith to earn a ducat.German.
The unrighteous penny corrupts the righteous pound.German.
There is no companion like the penny.
There’s no compassion like the penny.
’Tis a good farthing saves a penny.French.
What is not wanted is dear at a penny.
Who pennies has, has also friends.German.
Who will not keep a penny,
Shall never have many.
You may know by a penny how a shilling spends.