Frugality is the mother of all virtues.

Frugality is the mother of all virtues.

The maxims of men reveal their characters.
[Fr., Les maximes des hommes decelent leur coeur.]

The maxims of men reveal their characters.
[Fr., Les maximes des hommes decelent leur coeur.]

One gets a cross for his crime, the other a crown.

One gets a cross for his crime, the other a crown.

All wish for knowledge, but no one wishes to pay the price of it.

All wish for knowledge, but no one wishes to pay the price of it.

He who takes the profit ought also to take the labour.

He who takes the profit ought also to take the labour.

Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the
hollowness of your heart.

Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the
hollowness of your heart.

Hee that's fed at anothers hand may stay long ere he be full.

Hee that's fed at anothers hand may stay long ere he be full.

Charity sees the need not the cause.

Charity sees the need not the cause.

A full belly neither fights nor flies well.

A full belly neither fights nor flies well.