Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.

Waste

After one that earns comes one that wastes.Danish.

Building and the marrying of children are great wasters.

Burning the candle at both ends.

He sprinkles incense on a dunghill.

Nae wonder to see wasters want.

Save at the tap and waste at the bung-hole.

To burn out a candle in search of a pin.

To dig with golden spades. (To waste means.)Latin.

Wasting is a bad habit, sparing a sure income.Dutch.

Waste makes want.

Waste not want not.

Wilful waste brings woeful want.