Due to the Protestant virtues of education, achievement, work ethic, merit, frugality, and honesty. Mohism advocated a communal, decentralized government centered on frugality and asceticism. Frugality, parsimony, and austerity were characteristics of the virtuous matron. His childhood home was one characterized by Christianity, simplicity and frugality. Wise also had a reputation for a strong work ethic and budget-minded frugality. That simplicity may have represented the Depression era's forced frugality. He called for frugality and thrift in both personal and state expenditures. It stressed the importance of hygiene, cleanliness and frugality. Richard's private life was supposed to have displayed rigid frugality and temperance. Parsimony refers to the quality of economy or frugality in the use of resources. Phocion believed that the frugality proved his own virtue. The Guangxu Emperor, while growing up, apparently had been instilled with the importance of frugality. The British favoured them for their "hard work, frugality and sense of discipline". Salim was known for his frugality and simple lifestyle. Despite his wealth, Andrew was known for his frugality.