Plain living and high thinking are no more: The homely beauty of the good old cause Is gone; our peace, our fearful innocence, And pure religion breathing household laws.

An elegant sufficiency, content, Retirement, rural quiet, friendship, books.

Reduce the complexity of life by eliminating the needless wants of life, and the labors of life reduce themselves.

Plain living is nothing but voluntary poverty.

Were a man to order his life by the rules of true reason, a frugal substance joined to a contented mind is for him great riches; for never is there any lack of a little.

Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me.