 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...  The Monthly critical gazette - Page 3911824Full view - About this book
 | Almanacs, American - 1853 - 906 pages
...of business, in all avocations, character in the long run is the best capital. Says Poor Kichard, " The sound of your hammer, at five in the morning, or nine in the night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy for six months longer ; but if he sees you at the... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1855 - 402 pages
...money an hour beyond the time you promised, lest a disappointment shut up your friend's purse forever. The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit...heard by a creditor, makes 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,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Inventors - 1855 - 522 pages
...disappointment shut up your friend's purse forever. The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit arc to be regarded. The sound of your hammer at five in...heard by a creditor, makes 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,... | |
 | Biographies of American leaders - 1855 - 624 pages
...a handled pounds. So much in stock, briskly turned by u industrious man, produces great advantage. The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit are to be regarded. The sound of the hammer at five in the morning, or at nine at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months... | |
 | Aphorisms and apothegms - 1856 - 570 pages
...clay. A jewel in a ten-times-barr'd-up chest Is — a bold Spirit in a loyal Breast. r. _ Franklin. THE most trifling actions that affect a man's Credit...heard by a Creditor, makes 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,... | |
 | Freeman Hunt - Business & Economics - 1856 - 500 pages
...money an hour beyond the time you promised, lest disappointment shut up your friend's purse forever. The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit...heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer; but, if he sees you at the billiard table, or hears your voice at a tavern, when you should be at work,... | |
 | John Timbs - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1856 - 378 pages
...then I am superstitious in not wearing black. — Selden. DCXX. The most trifling actions that altect a man's credit are to be regarded. The sound of your...heard by a creditor, makes 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,... | |
 | Freeman Hunt, Thomas Prentice Kettell, William Buck Dana - Commerce - 1857 - 820 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 at a tavern, when... | |
 | Commerce - 1857 - 798 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 at a tavern, when... | |
 | 1857 - 802 pages
...character, in the long run, is the best capital. Says Poor Richard, " the sound of your hammer at live 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 at a tavern, when... | |
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