Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

The love of economy is the root of all virtue.

Let frugality and industry be our virtues.

A dash of frugality is a good thing for everyone.

I don't think I'm unduly extravagant.

Frugality may be termed the daughter of Prudence, the sister of Temperance, and the parent of Liberty.

I try to be very modest with what I do. I'm not a frivolous spender.

I don't like paying too much for anything or wasting it. I think that I'm more of a balanced individual rather than a dichotomy.

I live way below my means.

Cheapness is a great virtue.

It takes no imagination to live within your means.

Honestly, I'm not an extravagant person; I don't spend a lot of money.

Be thrifty, but not covetous.

Balancing your budget is like protecting your virtue. You have to learn when to say no.

If frugality were established in the state, and if our expenses were laid out to meet needs rather than superfluities of life, there might be fewer wants, and even fewer pleasures, but infinitely more happiness.

Frugality is good if liberality be joined with it. The first is leaving off superfluous expenses; the last is bestowing them to the benefit of others that need. The first without the last begets covetousness; the last without the first begets prodigality.

I commend to you the virtues of thrift and industry. In doing so, I do not wish you to be a "tightwad," if you will pardon that expression, or to be a freeloader, or anything of the kind.

How great, my friends, is the virtue of living upon a little!

Buy not what you want, but what you have need of; what you do not want is dear at a farthing.

There is no gain so certain as that which arises from sparing what you have.

I'm known for value for money. I was brought up to be frugal, and it's definitely a factor in my success. I was born in the Fifties, which was a frugal era, and my family had to be very careful with money out of necessity.

It is more rewarding to be complicit with scarcity than excess.

It's the intelligent thing to be frugal.

I grew up without a lot of money and my parents grew up with far less money. And that's kept me in line. Really in line.

Never spend your money before you have earned it.

I don't believe in spending money lavishly, now that I'm making money.