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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.
Youth is in danger until it learns to look upon debts as furies.
Youth is in danger until it learns to look upon debts as furies.
Forgetfulness. A gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.
Forgetfulness. A gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.
He that dies pays all debts
He that dies pays all debts
Debt is the fatal disease of republics, the first thing and the mightiest to undermine governments and corrupt the people.
Debt is the fatal disease of republics, the first thing and the mightiest to undermine governments and corrupt the people.
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
The whole of what we know is a system of compensations. Each suffering is rewarded; each sacrifice is made up; read more
The whole of what we know is a system of compensations. Each suffering is rewarded; each sacrifice is made up; every debt is paid.
Some people use one half their ingenuity to get into debt, and the other half to avoid paying it.
Some people use one half their ingenuity to get into debt, and the other half to avoid paying it.
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.