“Penny saved is a penny got.”
Act III, sc. xii
The Miser (1733)
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“… a penny saved is better than a penny earned.”
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)
“This I did to prevent expences, for … a penny sav'd, is a penny got.”
The Canterbury Guests: or, a bargain broken (1695), Act II, scene iv.

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

“A penny saved is two pence clear.”
"Hints For Those That Would Be Rich", Poor Richard's Almanack (1737)
Poor Richard's Almanack

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|.

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

“4369. That penny's well spent, that saves a Groat.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“502. A penny spar'd is twice got.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)

“342. A Penny sav'd is Two-pence got.”
Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1737) : A Penny sav'd is Twopence clear.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)