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.

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.

'Tis against some men's principle to pay interest, and seems against others' interest to pay the principle.

'Tis against some men's principle to pay interest, and seems against others' interest to pay the principle.

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.

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.

Debt is the slavery of the free.

Debt is the slavery of the free.

Debt is a prolific mother of folly and of crime

Debt is a prolific mother of folly and of crime

And to preserve their independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our read more

And to preserve their independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our election between economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude.