Here is an assortment of individuals commenting on frugality:

• Industry is fortune's right hand, and frugality its left . . . John Ray, English Naturalist and Botanist
• Wealth can only be accumulated by the earnings of industry and the savings of frugality . . . John Tyler, 10th US President (1841-45)
• Frugality may be termed the daughter of Prudence, the sister of Temperance, and the parent of Liberty . . . Samuel Johnson, English Poet
• Without frugality none can be rich, and with it very few would be poor . . . Samuel Johnson, English Poet
• Frugality is founded on the principle that all riches have limits . . . Edmund Burke, British Statesman and Philosopher
• By sowing frugality we reap liberty, a golden harvest . . . Agesilaus, Greek Historian
• He who does not economize will have to agonize . . . Confucius, Chinese Philosopher