The famous aphorisms about waste and frugality are:

1. Who knows that every grain of food on the plate is hard work.

2. Arranging time reasonably is equivalent to saving time.

3. Those who are extravagant are in ruins and those who are frugal are at peace. One evil and one good are in front of you.

4. Production is like a money tree, and conservation is like a cornucopia.

5. Stay calm to cultivate your character, and be frugal to cultivate your virtue.

6. Saving is a big harvest.

7. One and a half stars equals 20% of the catty.

8. It’s noon on the day of hoeing, and the sweat is dripping from the soil. Who would have thought that every meal on the plate is hard work?

9. With fine water and flowing water, you will not have to worry about food and clothing.

10. A porridge or a meal should be thought of as hard-won, and half a strand of persistent thoughts are hard to come by.

11. Building a family is like picking dirt with a needle, and losing a family is like surfing the sand.

12. Being good at selecting key points means saving time, but rushing around without knowing the key points is equivalent to firing cannons indiscriminately.

13. It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality. General idea: It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality.

14. Frugality leads to prosperity, while immorality leads to ruin. General idea: Frugality will lead to prosperity, while lascivious pleasure will lead to ruin.

15. Save and save, accumulate a little and make a lot, one drop or two, merge into a river. - Proverb

16. Diligence can make up for clumsiness, and thrift can make up for poverty.

17. The drizzle makes a river, and the grains of rice make a basket.

18. A gentleman uses frugality to overcome difficulties. General idea: A gentleman uses the virtue of frugality to avoid danger.