A little in one’s own pocket is better than much in another man’s purse. It is good to keep a nest egg. Many little makes a mickle. While a man gets he never can lose.[translation by John Willis Clark]The hen will lay on one egg, and many littles make a much, and so long as one gains something there is nothing lost.[translation by John Ormsby][Que sobre un huevo pone la gallina, y muchos pocos hacen un mucho, y mientras se gana algo no se pierde nada.]
