 | John Laurie Blake - 1862 - 236 pages
...money an hour beyond the time you promised, lest a disappointment shut up your friend's purse for ever. The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit,...him easy six months longer : but if he sees you at a billiardtable, or hears your voice at a tavern, when you should be at work, he sends for his money... | |
 | Elements - 1862 - 246 pages
...crisis comes. No man can succeed in life when he has lost the confidence of men. Dr Franklin said, " The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit,...easy six months longer ; but, if he sees you at a billiard-table, or hears your voice at a tavern, when you should be at work, he sends for his money... | |
 | 1862 - 580 pages
...somebody will furnish Uie bride. "The sound of your hammer," says Franklin, "at five in the morning, or at nine at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy...if he sees you at a billiard table, or hears your Tolce at a tavern, when you should be at work, be sends for his money the next day." A German professor... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 pages
...is eloquence, and the oyes of the ¡¿norant more learned than thoir cars. ACTION— Importance of. The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit...regarded. The sound of your hammer at five in the mornirg, or nine at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy si* months longer ; but if he sees you... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1864 - 260 pages
...purse.' He that is known to pay punctually and exactly to the time he promises, may at any time, and on The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit...at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six nioiuhs longer; but if he sees you at a billiard table, o1 hears youi voice at a tavern, when you should... | |
 | 1864 - 606 pages
...a young tradesman timeis money, credit is money. The good paymaster is lord of another man's purse. The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit are to be regarded. Wealth depends upon industry and frugality. " The use of money is all the advantage there is in having... | |
 | 1865 - 138 pages
...doubtless, that caused him, years afterwards, to give the following advice to a " young tradesman:"— " The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit...him easy six months longer; but if he sees you at a billiard-table, or hears your voice at a tavern, when you should be at work, he sends for his money... | |
 | Blade - 1865 - 268 pages
...one only in the hundred, for a long life, succeeds. Industry is the basis of reputation and credit. " The sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or nine at night," said Franklin, "heard by a creditor, will make him easy six months longer ; but if he sees you at a... | |
 | Artemas Bowers Muzzey - 1865 - 252 pages
...one only in the hundred, for a long life, succeeds. Industry is the basis of reputation and credit. " The sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or nine at night," said Franklin, " heard by a creditor, will make him easy six months longer ; but if he sees you at... | |
 | Readings - 1866 - 196 pages
...business, in all avocations, character, in the long run, is the best capital. Says Poor Richard — " The sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or...nine at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy for six months longer ; but if he sees you at a gambling-table, or hears your voice in a tavern when... | |
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The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit are to be regarded. The sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or nine at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer; but, if he sees you at a billiard-table, or hears your voice... 
