For want of Nail the Shoe is lost;
For want of a Shoe the Horse is lost;
For want of a Horse the Rider is lost.
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation
Franklin, Benjamin [published as Richard Saunders]. Poor Richard Improved. Philadelphia, 1752.
Current Citation
Franklin, Benjamin. "Poor Richard Improved." Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay. Library of America, 2005.