3474. If you would have a faithful servant, and one that you like, serve yourself.
3475. A little neglect may breed great mischief.
3476. For want of a nail the shoe was lost;
For want of a shoe the horse was lost;
For want of a horse the rider was lost—
Being overtaken and slain by the enemy.
3477. If a man save not as he gets, he may keep his nose to the grindstone all his life, and die not worth a groat.
3478. A fat kitchen makes a lean will.
3479. Many estates are spent in the getting,
Since women for tea, forsook spinning and knitting
And men for punch, forsook hewing and splitting.