With parsimony a little is sufficient; without it nothing…

Having, First, gained all you can, and, Secondly saved all you can, Then give all you can.

— John Wesley

By sowing frugality we reap liberty, a golden harvest.

— Agesilaus II

“The funeral carriage went slowly. It looked quite expensive, but that was Cockbill Street for you. People put money by. Vimes remembered that. You…

— Terry Pratchett

In order to prove a friend to one's guests, frugality must reign in one's meals; and, according to an ancient saying, one must eat…

— Moliere

If true, the Pythagorean principles as to abstain from flesh, foster innocence; if ill-founded they at least teach us frugality, and what loss have…

— Seneca the Younger

“I’ll eventually replace my charity clothes with things I’ll buy for myself, but not until I’ve worn them through.”

— Jennifer Cody

So much for industry, my friends, and attention to one's own business; but to these we must add frugality if we would make our…

— Benjamin Franklin

“I have three precious things which I hold fast and prize. The first is gentleness; the second is frugality; the third is humility, which…

— Anonymous

Frugality is one of the most beautiful and joyous words in the language, and yet one that we are culturally cut off from understanding…

— Elise M. Boulding

Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pound ought and six, result misery.

— Charles Dickens

Frugality was my side hustle. I was really good at it.

— Chris Sullivan

Mend your clothes and you may hold out this year.

— George Herbert

Let frugality and industry be our virtues.

— John Adams

Economy is for the poor; the rich may dispense with it.

— Christian Nestell Bovee

There may be frugality which is not economy. A community, that withholds the means of education from its children, withholds the bread of life…

— Horace Mann