Samuel Johnson Quotes About Frugality

• Without frugality none can be rich, and with it very few would be poor.

  Samuel Johnson

  Would Be, Rich Poor, Frugal

  Samuel Johnson (1761). “The Rambler: In Four Volumes”, p.20

• Prosperity's right hand is industry and her left hand is frugality.

  Samuel Johnson

  Hands, Left Hand, Prosperity

• Frugality may be termed the daughter of Prudence, the sister of Temperance, and the parent of Liberty.

  Samuel Johnson

  Daughter, Parent, Liberty

  Samuel Johnson (1761). “The Rambler: In Four Volumes”, p.19

• 1. Turn all care out of your head as soon as you mount the chaise.
  2. Do not think about frugality: your health is worth more than it can cost.
  3. Do not continue any day's journey to fatigue.
  4. Take now and then a day's rest.
  5. Get a smart seasickness if you can.
  6. Cast away all anxiety, and keep your mind easy.
  This last direction is the principal; with an unquiet mind neither exercise, nor diet, nor physic can be of much use.

  Samuel Johnson

  Smart, Exercise, Journey

  Samuel Johnson, Hester Lynch Piozzi (1952). “The Letters of Samuel Johnson with Mrs. Thrale's Genuine Letters to Him: 1775-1782”

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