If people are diligent, they will not be short.
Only thrift can help honesty, but forgiveness can help virtue.
Worry can rejuvenate the country, relaxation can lead to death.
Diligence in the state, frugality at home.
A porridge and a meal are hard to come by; Half a silk, half a thread, and constantly thinking about material difficulties.
Take it in moderation and use it sparingly—— Zizhi Tongjian Volume 234
Looking at the country and family of the former sages, success has changed from diligence and thrift to extravagance.
Thrift is a common virtue; Extravagance is a great evil.
Thrift leads to prosperity, and fornication leads to loss.
In the afternoon of the weeding day, sweat drips down from the grain to the soil. However, every grain is hard to eat.
It is easy to go from thrift to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to thrift.