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We can no longer allow America’s dependence on foreign oil to compromise our energy security. Instead, we must invest in read more
We can no longer allow America’s dependence on foreign oil to compromise our energy security. Instead, we must invest in inventing new ways to power our cars and our economy. I’ll put my faith in American science and ingenuity any day before I depend on Saudi Arabia.
Economy is a way of spending money without getting any pleasure out of it.
Economy is a way of spending money without getting any pleasure out of it.
Nothing is cheap which is superfluous, for what one does not need, is dear at a penny.
Nothing is cheap which is superfluous, for what one does not need, is dear at a penny.
I place economy among the first and most important virtues, and public debt as the greatest of dangers ... We read more
I place economy among the first and most important virtues, and public debt as the greatest of dangers ... We must make our choice between economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude. If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the.
Have more than thou showest,Speak less than thou knowest.
Have more than thou showest,Speak less than thou knowest.
The man who will live above his present circumstances, is in great danger of soon living beneath them; or as read more
The man who will live above his present circumstances, is in great danger of soon living beneath them; or as the Italian proverb says, "The man that lives by hope, will die by despair.".
Without economy none can be rich, and with it few will be poor.
Without economy none can be rich, and with it few will be poor.
Ere you consult your fancy, consult your purse.
Ere you consult your fancy, consult your purse.
A penny saved is two pence clear, A pin a day's a groat a year.
A penny saved is two pence clear, A pin a day's a groat a year.