Though on pleasure she was bent, She had a frugal mind.

There is mercy in every place, And mercy, encouraging thought! Gives even affliction a grace And reconciles man to his lot.

The dogs did bark, the children screamed, Up flew the windows all; And every soul cried out, 'Well done!' As loud as he could bawl.

My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see.

'A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon, you're talking real money.'

I hold it the duty of the Executive to insist upon frugality in the expenditures, and a sparing economy is itself a great national resource.

Make no expense but to do good to others or yourself ; waste nothing.