1. Whoever scrimps on food and clothing on weekdays will easily get through difficulties when he is poor; whoever is luxurious and extravagant when he is rich will die of hunger and cold when he is poor. ——Sadie

2. Luxury always follows fornication, and fornication always follows luxury. ——Montesquieu

3. The inevitable consequence of luxury—the disintegration of etiquette—which in turn causes the corruption of taste. ——Rousseau

4. Extravagance leads to more desires. A gentleman who is too lustful will seek wealth and honor, which will lead to disaster in vain. ——Sima Guang

5. Being extravagant means taking things for granted and humiliating one's ambition; if one is frugal, one has nothing to ask for from others and nothing to be ashamed of oneself, which can nourish one's spirit. ——Luo Dajing

6. Looking at the virtuous countries and families in the past, success was achieved by diligence and frugality, and destruction was achieved by extravagance. ——Li Shangyin

7. Quietness cultivates one’s character, and frugality cultivates virtue. ——Zhuge Liang

8. If you strengthen your foundation and use it sparingly, you will never be poor. ——Xun Kuang

9. Those who are extravagant and lazy are poor, while those who are powerful and thrifty are rich. ——Han Fei

10. The journey of a gentleman is to cultivate one’s character through tranquility, and to cultivate one’s virtue through thrift. If it is not indifferent, it will not clear its aspirations, and if it is not tranquil, it will not lead to far. ——Zhuge Liang

11. Those who are extravagant are in ruins and those who are frugal are safe. One evil and one good are in front of you. ——Bai Juyi

12. Don’t worry about danger in times of peace, abstain from extravagance and be frugal; cut down the roots in order to seek luxuriant trees, block the source in order to have a long flow. ——Wei Zheng

13. Don’t pour out the things accumulated in spoonfuls with a bucket. ——Kazakh

14. Don’t eat the fruits of hard work in one sitting. ——Uigur

15. Frugality is a feast that you can never finish in your life. ——Emerson

Sentences:

1. Increasing production is like a money tree, and saving is like a cornucopia. Folk proverb?

2. Arranging time reasonably is equivalent to saving time. Francis Bacon?

3. Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let's save. Mark Twain?

4. All savings are, in the final analysis, time savings. Marx?

5. Any saving is ultimately a saving of time. Marx?

6. Saving time means making a person's life more effective, which means extending a person's life.

7. Any saving is ultimately a saving of time.

8. Increasing production without saving is like a pot without a bottom. Saving without increasing production is like a bowl of water under the sun. Folk proverb?

9. Saving time means making a person's limited life more effective, which is equivalent to extending a person's life span.

10. Waste will lead to poverty, but saving does not necessarily lead to wealth.