...huizen ah kastelen — literally, "Thriftiness with diligence builds houses like castles"; freely, "Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves." people of whatever income routinely put their once-used teabag in a little dish set out...

...us. And there is a glaring contradiction in the line itself, for it is coined on the English proverb "Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves." So the line is made possible not by the sense it is supposed to convey, but by following...