The coward regards himself as cautious, the miser as thrifty.
The timid man calls himself cautious, the sordid man thrifty.
If our virtues did not go forth of us, it were all alike as if we had them not.
Caring for God's endowment in a thrifty fashion is a form of biblical obedience.
Destiny is thrifty. To weave her tapestry, she uses even the tiniest snips of thread.
Be a thrifty steward of thy goods.
Be thrifty, but not covetous.
Never idle a moment, but thrifty and thoughtful of others.
Those who spend too much will eventually be owned by those who are thrifty.
Whatever thrift is, it is not avarice. Avarice is not generous; and, after all, it is the thrifty people who are generous.
It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.
Men are divided between those who are as thrifty as if they would live forever, and those who are as extravagant as if they were going to die the next day.
TABLE D'HOTE, n. A caterer's thrifty concession to the universal passion for irresponsibility.
I've always been quite thrifty. I can't bear to spend hundreds of pounds on designer clothes. I shop in second-hand shops in Portobello Road and go to Sue Ryder.
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
It's smart to be thrifty.
The thrifty maxim of the wary Dutch, Is to save all the Money they can touch
Here 's to the maiden of bashful fifteen; Here 's to the widow of fifty; Here 's to the flaunting, extravagant queen, And here 's to the housewife that 's thrifty! Let the toast pass; Drink to the lass; I 'll warrant she 'll prove an excuse for the glass.
