The famous sayings describing diligence and frugality are as follows:

1. Cherish clothes and have clothes, cherish food and have food.

From "Warning Words" by Feng Menglong of the Ming Dynasty. Only by cherishing clothes can you have clothes to wear; only by cherishing food can you have food to eat. A metaphor for cherishing property.

2. Don’t ask for fancy clothes, and don’t get tired of vegetables.

vegetables: vegetables. The clothes do not pursue gorgeousness, and the food does not reject vegetables. It is a simple and rewarding way of life.

3. If you are not diligent and frugal, you cannot be a good person.

The language comes from Sui Dynasty Wang Tong's "Zhongshuo·Guan Lang". If you are not diligent and frugal, you cannot get ahead. It means that diligence and frugality are the foundation for entrepreneurship and success.

4. Only frugality can help integrity, and only forgiveness can achieve virtue.

The words come from "Zijingbian·Frugality" written by Zhao Shan_ in the Song Dynasty. It means that only frugality can promote integrity, and only forgiveness can promote virtue.

5. There will always be days when there will be days when there will be no days.

From "Zengguang Xianwen". It means that when you live a rich life, you should think about the possibility of living a poor life in the future, and don't think about the good life before when you have nothing. When things are abundant, consider the days of scarcity, and don't regret it when you are in scarcity. It means that we should pay attention to saving and not to waste.

6. A married man’s excrement is like treasure; a prodigal son’s money is like grass.

From "Family Heirloom" by Shi Tianji of the Qing Dynasty. The descendants who established the family business cherished the manure of the fertile fields as treasures; the descendants of the prodigal family threw away the family property and money as weeds. It means that the sons of wealthy families are diligent and frugal, while the sons of prodigal families spend money like water.