It is better, even for nations, to have less and have it honestly, to
possess less and live in a world safe for each generation and its
posterity. When the hearts of men are right, our economic systems will
also be right.
Greater moderation in many things would leave us a healthier and happier
race, to say nothing of what it would do for our bank accounts.
Certainly, before buying a thing, one should honestly ask himself whether
he needs it. He should, likewise, give himself an honest answer.
The poor we always have with us, but many of them are with us
unnecessarily.---Money is made to spend, but the financially independent
are those who have learned to spend it wisely.
The budget system is a desirable plan in the home of wealth; it is a
helpful thing in the home of moderate circumstances; but it is a necessity
in the home where takes place an occasional battle with want.
Moreover, the consumer has the last word in every argument. He holds the
purse-strings, and when he is tired of talking, he can stop buying. It
does not bode well when he conceives the feeling that undue difficulty
attaches to trying to exist on the planet.