A porridge and a meal, when thinking of the place where not easy; half silk and half strand, always think of things difficult. [

The day of the harvest is noon, the sweat drops under the soil, who knows that the food on the plate, the grain is hard work.

To be quiet is to cultivate one's body, and to be thrifty is to cultivate one's virtue. Zhuge Liang (Three Kingdoms period) Classic Poetry

Throughout the history of the former sage country and family, success is made by hard work and thrift and broken by extravagance. Tang] Li Shangyin

Verses about thrift and frugality - it is easy to go from thrift to luxury, but difficult to go from luxury to thrift. Sima Guang (Northern Song Dynasty)

Thrift and simplicity are the virtues of man. Xue Xuan (Ming Dynasty)

The smile of the eyes is a hundred winks. (Bai Juyi, The Song of Long Hatred)

Children meet each other without recognizing each other, and ask with a smile where the guest came from. (He Zhizhang, "An Occasional Book on Returning to the Countryside"