“Spend not, where you may save; spare not, where you must spend”
Proverb
“God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fools.”
John Muir
“He that is rich need not live sparingly, and he that can live sparingly need not be rich”
Benjamin Franklin
“Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying”
Bible
“I do not believe one can settle how much we ought to give. I am afraid the only safe rule is to give more than we can spare.”
C.S. Lewis
“For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.”
“It is a profitable Wisdom to know when we have done enough: Much time and Pains are spared, in not flattering our selves against Probabilities.”
William Penn