The sayings in this puzzle are taken randomly from a list of 750 proverbial sayings.
Note: Many of these proverbs and quotations are in archaic English, and neither grammar nor spelling has been modernised.
1. Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves.
Lord Chesterfield (1694-1773)
Letter to his Son. 6th Nov., 1747
2.
Authors, like coins, grow dear as they grow old;
It is the rust we value, not the gold.
Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
Imitations of Horace, Bk II, Ep. I
3.
All who joy would win
Must share it, — Happiness was born a twin.
George Gordon Byron (1788-1824)
Don Juan, Can. II, St. 172
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