Intelligent Quotes

“In short, the Way to Wealth, if you desire it, is as plain as the Way to Market. It depends chiefly on two Words, Industry and Frugality; i.e. Waste neither Time nor Money, but make the best Use of both. He that gets all he can honestly, and saves all he gets (necessary Expences excepted) will certainly become Rich.”

“We are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three times as much by our pride, and four times as much by our folly.”

“A man being sometimes more generous when he has but a little money than when he has plenty, perhaps through fear of being thought to have but little.”

“Drink water; put the money in your pocket, and leave the dry-bellyache in the punch-bowl.”

“Rather go to bed supperless, than run in debt for a breakfast.”

“If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher’s stone.”

“Sleep without supping, and you'll rise without owing for it.”

“Buy what thou hast no need of; and e’er long thou shalt sell thy necessaries.”

“It is paradoxical and disturbing to us that economists have long praised foolish spending as a necessary ingredient of a successful economy.”

“A penny saved is a penny earned.d”