The famous aphorisms about diligence and frugality are:

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

2. A gentleman is concerned about morality but not poverty. ——Confucius

3. Be poor without flattery, be rich without arrogance. ——Zigong

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

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

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

7. Those who are extravagant are in ruins and those who are frugal are at peace. One evil and one good are in front of them. ——Bai Juyi

8. 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

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

10. The overlord took Erjiang alone, and many of his descendants surrendered with hundreds of cities. After the success of Luxurious, what about peace and happiness and misfortune? ——Wang Anshi

11. Extravagance leads to more desires. A gentleman who has many desires will seek wealth and honor, which will lead to disaster in vain. ——Sima Guang

12. Being extravagant means taking extravagantly 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 the spirit. ——Luo Dajing.

13. 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's "Rose Garden"

14. A person who pursues a high-level material life at any cost must have low-level thoughts and morals.

——The potential husband