Ere you consult your fancy, consult your purse.

Ere you consult your fancy, consult your purse.

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.

He who will not economize will have to agonize.

He who will not economize will have to agonize.

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.

It is of no small commendation to manage a little well. To live well in abundance is the praise of read more

It is of no small commendation to manage a little well. To live well in abundance is the praise of the estate, not of the person. I will study more how to give a good account of my little, than how to make it more.

The study of economy usually shows us that the best time for purchase was last year.

The study of economy usually shows us that the best time for purchase was last year.

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.

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.".

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.