| Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1839 - 96 pages
...disappointment shut up your friend's purse for ever. The most trifling aetions that affeet a man's eredit are to be regarded. The sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or nine at night, heard by a ereditor, makes him easy six months longer ; but if he sees you at a billiard table, or hears your... | |
| 1841 - 986 pages
...destroyed by intemperate diet. — Burton. CREDIT.— The most trifling actions that affect a man'l credit are to be regarded. The sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or at nine at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer ; but if he sees you at a billiard-table,... | |
| 1842 - 194 pages
...promised, lest a disappointment shut up your friend's purse for ever. The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit are to be regarded. The sound...him easy six months longer ; but if he sees you at a billiard-table, or hears your voice at a tavern, when you should he at work, he sends for his money... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1844 - 600 pages
...promised, lest a disappointment shut up your friend's purse for ever. The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit are to be regarded. The sound...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... | |
| John Seely Hart - Readers - 1845 - 404 pages
...promised', lest a disappointment shut up your friend's purse for ever. The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit are to be regarded. The sound of your hammer at live in the morning, or nine at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer ; but... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1846 - 320 pages
...promised, lest a disappointment shut up your friend's purse for ever. The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit are to be regarded. The sound...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... | |
| Cuthbert William Johnson - Agriculture - 1846 - 178 pages
...ever. The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit are to be regarded. — The sound of a tool at five in the morning, or nine at night, heard by...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... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1846 - 250 pages
...shut up your friend's purse for ever. The most trifling actions that aflect a man's credit are to he regarded. The sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or nine at night, heard hy a creditor, makes him easy six months longer; hut if he sees you at a hilliard- tahle, or hears... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - Statesman - 1848 - 312 pages
...promised, lest a disappointment shut up your friend's purse for ever. The most trifling actions that effect a man's credit are to be regarded. The sound of your...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... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - Statesman - 1848 - 292 pages
...promised, lest a disappointment shut up your friend's purse for ever. The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit are to be regarded. The sound...creditor, makes him easy six months longer ; but if lie sees you at a billiard-table, or hears your voice at a tavern, when you should be at work, he sends... | |
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