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A small debt produces a debtor; a large one, an enemy.
A small debt produces a debtor; a large one, an enemy.
It is very iniquitous to make me pay my debts -- you have no idea of the pain it gives read more
It is very iniquitous to make me pay my debts -- you have no idea of the pain it gives one.
Debt is a prolific mother of folly and of crime
Debt is a prolific mother of folly and of crime
Rather go to bed supperless than rise in debt.
Rather go to bed supperless than rise in debt.
Debt is the slavery of the free
Debt is the slavery of the free
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.
Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them.
Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them.
A mortgage casts a shadow on the sunniest field.
A mortgage casts a shadow on the sunniest field.
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.