Waste not, want not, is a maxim I would teach. Let your watchword be dispatch and practice what you preach. Do not let your chances like sunbeams pass you by, For you never miss the water till the well runs dry.[Then the next line of the article says:]’If bigger were better, New York City would have lower taxes than Pahokee, Fla.’ Rowland Howard
From 1940s newspaper clipping. Kept in C.H. Fletcher Riley’s wallet for years.