Avoid extremes: be moderate In saving and in spending; An equable and easy gait Will win an easy ending.

It's the steady, quiet, plodding ones who win in the lifelong race.

You spend your money; may be it wasn't yours. Your money spends you; may be it wasn't supposed to yours. Your money spends itself; may be it is saving you.

I never dared be radical when young for fear it would make me conservative when old.

I save where I can to spend where I want to.

I have an intense dislike for artificial society. In France, one could lead a free life - to do what one wanted to do without interference or criticism from one's neighbors.