Excess in apparel is another costly folly. The very trimming of the vain world would clothe all the naked ones.
William PennFrugality is good if liberality be joined with it. The first is leaving off superfluous expenses; the last is bestowing them to the benefit of others that need. The first without the last begets covetousness; the last without the first begets prodigality.
William PennSpeak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood.
William Penn