“Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without.”
That old New England proverb, sometimes rendered “Eat it up, wear it out, make it do,” was supposedly a maxim favored by Calvin Coolidge. Benjamin Franklin was another believer in frugality and thrift, coining such sayings as “A penny saved is a penny earned” and “Rather go to bed without dinner than to rise in debt.” The Boy Scouts include “Thrifty” as one of their 12 Scout Laws.
