By going among the poor, studying their needs, realizing their sufferings, we may be drawn out of our niggardliness and find a pleasure in giving which we could never have cultivated by direct efforts of will.
"Practical Ethics"
William DeWitt Hyde
There was indeed an abundance of candles in the vessel; nevertheless, it was my business to husband them with the utmost niggardliness.
"The Frozen Pirate"
W. Clark Russell
Against parsimony and niggardliness I proclaim war; but with the same sentence I condemn those who make a grand splash while they live, leaving their families in destitution when they die.
"Around The Tea-Table"
T. De Witt Talmage