Debt is a prolific mother of folly and of crime

Debt is a prolific mother of folly and of crime

I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.

I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.

Some debts are fun when you are acquiring them, but none are fun when you set about retiring them.

Some debts are fun when you are acquiring them, but none are fun when you set about retiring them.

Do not accustom yourself to consider debt only as an inconvenience; you will find it a calamity.

Do not accustom yourself to consider debt only as an inconvenience; you will find it a calamity.

Debt is a prolific mother of folly and of crime.

Debt is a prolific mother of folly and of crime.

Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them.

Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them.

Rather go to bed supperless than rise in debt.

Rather go to bed supperless than rise in debt.

Wilt thou seal up the avenues of ill? Pay every debt as if God wrote the bill.

Wilt thou seal up the avenues of ill? Pay every debt as if God wrote the bill.

A hundred wagon loads of thoughts will not pay a single ounce of debt.

A hundred wagon loads of thoughts will not pay a single ounce of debt.