Look after the rents and the grounds will look after themselves
“Look after the sense, Mr. Dickens.”
Look after the pence, said Mr. Micawber (quoting a former Treasury secretary), and the pounds will look after themselves.
“Look after the pence, young master Copperfield …”
I always thought that a nice quote, encapsulating as it did the principle of sweating the small stuff. And though it’s been ages since I [...]
