Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

The time to save is now. When a dog gets a bone, he doesn't go out and make a down payment on a bigger bone. He buries the one he's got.

People know that you can't spend more than you have.

If a man has money, it is usually a sign, too, that he knows how to take care of it; don't imagine his money is easy to get simply because he has plenty of it.

Economy, prudence, and a simple life are the sure masters of need, and will often accomplish that which, their opposites, with a fortune at hand, will fail to do.

Be moderate in prosperity, prudent in adversity.

I didn't buy Bentleys. I didn't live large. I invested in me. I invested in a lot of other people.

I subscribe to the slow nickel theory. You take a little bit at a time. You always make better of what you have when you don't have best.

I live below my means. I think that's a good discipline because you never can tell.

I learnt not to be desperate in bad times and am learning not to be bullish when times are good.

I don't need to amass a ton of wealth for myself.

Whatever your income, always live below your means.

Save one-third, live on one-third, and give away one-third

The spendthrift robs his heirs the miser robs himself.

Live according to your income.

Always be patient. I also believe everything happens for a reason.

Thy peace shall be in much patience.

A penny saved is a penny to squander.

Medicine: "Your money and your life!

You’d get very rich if you thought of yourself as having a card with only twenty punches in a lifetime, and every financial decision used up one punch. You’d resist the temptation to dabble. You’d make more good decisions and you’d make more big decisions.

I will try not to panic, to keep my standard of living modest and to work steadily, even shyly, in the spirit of those medieval carvers who so fondly sculpted the undersides of choir seats.

Save your money, pay your taxes, it doesn't last forever.

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

Don't live beyond your means. Don't buy more than you can pay for. Don't expect to get rich quick. And don't confuse salesmen for friends or advisers.

Spare when young, and spend when old.