Quotes about Expense

Mere parsimony is not economy . . . expense, and great expense, may be an essential part of true economy.

Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.

It's not what you pay a man, but what he costs you that counts.

But, more specifically, you make a conscious choice to absorb the cost yourself.

Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not drink of its milk?

Money often costs too much

Mere parsimony is not economy…. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part of true economy.

Criticism is a study by which men grow important and formidable at very small expense

And all the men of Judah replied to the men of Israel, “We did this because the king is our relative. Why does this anger you? Have we ever eaten at the king’s expense or received anything for ourselves?”

I am horribly poor—and very expensive.

To pursue union at the expense of truth is treason to the Lord Jesus.

I thus found that the student who wishes for a shelter can obtain one for a lifetime at an expense not greater than the rent which he now pays annually. If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag for humanity rather than for myself; and my shortcomings and inconsistencies do not affect the truth of my statement.