Claiming “the budget can’t allow it” reminds me of when you walk into a restaurant at a civilized hour like ten o’clock and they say “the kitchen is closed.” For years I would hear this,...

We must consult our means rather than our wishes.

Budgeting has only one rule: Do not go over budget.

Don’t tell me what you value, show me your budget, and I’ll tell you what you value.

A penny saved is worth two pennies earned . . . after taxes.

A budget tells us what we can’t afford, but it doesn’t keep us from buying it.

Now public business takes up so much of my time that I must get time a Sundays or a nights to look after my own matters.