"Do what you will, gentlemen; you cannot give money to some without taking it away from others. If you absolutely insist on draining the taxpayer dry, well and good; but at least do not treat him like a fool. Do not tell him: “I am taking this money from you to repay you for what I have already taken from you.”"

-Frédéric Bastiat ( from 'Economic Sophisms' )

"Nobody spends somebody else's money as carefully as he spends his own."

-Milton Friedman

"“How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asked “Two ways,” Mike said. “Gradually and then suddenly.”"

-Ernest Hemingway ( The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway )

"A penny saved is ridiculous."

-Anonymous