Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes

Those who spend too much will eventually be owned by those who are thrifty.

Some watches I bought, I think now, 'Why the hell did I pay that much for a watch?'

When we do deals, it's not, 'Ah, it's a million bucks, who cares?' The penny means something.

He that, when he should not, spends too much, shall, when he would not, have too little to spend.

A fool and his money be soon at debate

Economy is half the battle in life, but it is not so hard to earn money as to spend it well. Hundreds would never have known want if they had not first known waste.

True economy consists in always making the income exceed the outgo.

All things are cheap to the saving, dear to the wasteful

The further through life I drift the more obvious it becomes that I am lacking in thrift.

A penny saved is twopence dear; A pin a day 's a groat a year.

You could have all the money in the world, but you have to be smart enough knowing how to spend it. I really try to be on that smart money side. Once you make a serious mistake you can suffer five or six years, and I do my best to avoid serious mistakes.

A penny saved is of more value than a penny paid out.

A penny saved is better than a penny earned.

Credit leads a man into temptation. Cash down is the only thing that will deliver him from evil.

I enjoy money. You got to know how to enjoy it, though. A lot of people enjoy it the wrong way: They spend it all.

I know nothing more important to inculcate into the minds of young people than the wisdom, the honor, and the blessed comfort of living within their income.

A penny saved is a penny to squander.

We must teach our children not to spend their money a dollar at a time. If you spend your dollar at a time, you'll wind up with trinkets instead of treasures.

The art of living easily as to money is to pitch your scale of living one degree below your means.

Do not spend in excess like one who is careless of what is good, nor be miserly; the mean is best in every case.

The secret of success lies never in the amount of money, but in the relation of income to outgo.

My mother said, if you don't have the cash, don't buy it. And on that, my mother was right.

Live within your means, never be in debt, and by husbanding your money you can always lay it out well.

In fact, the bigger the bill, the less likely you are to spend it. If you want to really save money, spend only cash and carry only fifty-dollar bills.

A penny here, and a dollar there, placed at interest, goes on accumulating, and in this way the desired result is attained. It requires some training, perhaps, to accomplish this economy, but when once used to it, you will find there is more satisfaction in rational saving than in irrational spending.