Quotes from TIME on the virtue of thrift

Quotes from the essay by Nancy Gibbs, "Real Patriots Don't Spend," in the current issue of Time (October 13, 2008):

"'Thrift comes too late when you find it at the bottom of your purse.'"
~ from Nero's adviser Seneca



"...it was private virtue that made public prosperity possible."

"In hard times, people often rediscover the peace that prudence brings, when you try to spend a little less than you have because tomorrow might be worse."

To read the whole article, you can visit:

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1846735,00.html

I like the notes for Gibbs's essay on the index page:
"The day that spending replaced thrift as a way of life is the day that America's economic woes began."