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A habit of debt is very injurious to the memory.
A habit of debt is very injurious to the memory.
A small debt produces a debtor; a large one, an enemy.
A small debt produces a debtor; a large one, an enemy.
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.
Debt is a prolific mother of folly and of crime
Debt is a prolific mother of folly and of crime
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.
Our national debt, after all, is an internal debt, owed not only by the nation but to the nation. If read more
Our national debt, after all, is an internal debt, owed not only by the nation but to the nation. If our children have to pay the interest they will pay that interest to themselves.
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.
'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.
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.