„A penny saved is a penny got.“

„… a penny saved is better than a penny earned.“

—  Martin Luther, libro Table Talk

The Duty of a Husband and Wife (17 March 1539), No. 4408. LW 54:337 http://books.google.com/books?id=zsbXAAAAMAAJ&q=%22penny+saved+is+better+than+a+penny+earned%22&dq=%22penny+saved+is+better+than+a+penny+earned%22&lr=
Table Talk (1569)

„A penny saved is two pence clear.“

—  Benjamin Franklin, libro Poor Richard's Almanack

"Hints For Those That Would Be Rich", Poor Richard's Almanack (1737)
Poor Richard's Almanack

„This I did to prevent expences, for … a penny sav'd, is a penny got.“

—  Edward Ravenscroft English dramatist 1654 - 1707

The Canterbury Guests: or, a bargain broken (1695), Act II, scene iv.

„By the same proportion that a penny saved is a penny gained, the preserver of books is a Mate for the Compiler of them.“

—  Thomas Fuller English churchman and historian 1608 - 1661

The History of the Worthies of England (1662) ; Worthies of Huntingtonshire – John Yong.

„If a workman can conveniently spare those three halfpence, he buys a pot of porter. If he cannot, he contents himself with a pint, and, as a penny saved is a penny got, he thus gains a farthing by his temperance.“

—  Adam Smith Scottish moral philosopher and political economist 1723 - 1790

Origine: (1776), Book V, Chapter II, Part II, Article IV, p. 951.

„4369. That penny's well spent, that saves a Groat.“

—  Thomas Fuller (writer) British physician, preacher, and intellectual 1654 - 1734

Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

„A penny saved is of more value than a penny paid out (Der Sparpfennig ist reicher denn der Zinspfenning).“

—  Martin Luther seminal figure in Protestant Reformation 1483 - 1546

What Luther Says, Section on “Life, Human,” No. 2438. Rules for a Thrifty Life. 2, p. 784 http://books.google.com/books?lr=&id=NQA5AAAAIAAJ&dq=luther+%22penny+saved+is+better+than+a+penny+earned%22&q=+%22penny+%22#search_anchorvol|.

„502. A penny spar'd is twice got.“

—  George Herbert Welsh-born English poet, orator and Anglican priest 1593 - 1633

Jacula Prudentum (1651)

„342. A Penny sav'd is Two-pence got.“

—  Thomas Fuller (writer) British physician, preacher, and intellectual 1654 - 1734

Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1737) : A Penny sav'd is Twopence clear.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

„And they did it with something that is basicly worthless in our society - pennies. But overseas, pennies can move mountains“

—  Greg Mortenson American mountaineer and humanitarian 1957

Origine: Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time

„If it's a penny for your thoughts and you put in your two cents worth, then someone, somewhere is making a penny.“

—  Steven Wright American actor and author 1955

„A penny for your thoughts.“

—  Jonathan Swift Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, and poet 1667 - 1745

Introduction.
Polite Conversation (1738)

„A penny for the Old Guy“

—  T.S. Eliot, libro The Hollow Men

A quotation of a traditional Guy Fawkes Night saying
The Hollow Men (1925)

„A penny for your thought.“

—  John Heywood English writer known for plays, poems and a collection of proverbs 1497 - 1580

Part II, chapter 4.
Proverbs (1546)
Variante: A penny for your thought.

„They spent all week saving pennies and went out Saturdays to spend fifty bucks in three hours.“

—  Jack Kerouac, libro Sulla strada

Origine: On the Road

„To die in Paris costs a pretty penny.“

—  François Andrieux French man of letters and playwright 1759 - 1833

Il en coûte bien cher pour mourir à Paris.
Les Etourdis, Act I., Sc. II. — (Daiglemoni).
Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 56.

„When someone asks you, A penny for your thoughts, and you put your two cents in, what happens to the other penny?“

—  George Carlin American stand-up comedian 1937 - 2008

„Penny wise, pound foolish.“

—  Robert Burton, libro L'anatomia della malinconia

The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Democritus Junior to the Reader

„3866. Penny-wise, and Pound-foolish.“

—  Thomas Fuller (writer) British physician, preacher, and intellectual 1654 - 1734

Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)