 | Cyclopaedia - 1885 - 1120 pages
...Importance of. The moat trifling actions that affect a man's credit are to be regarded. The sound of year hammer at five in the morning, or nine at night, heard...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... | |
 | German Americans - 1888 - 748 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... | |
 | William M. Thayer - Biography & Autobiography - 1889 - 510 pages
...reckon that the only expense ; he has really spent, or rather thrown away, five shillings besides. " The sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or...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... | |
 | Edwin C. Sims - Business & Economics - 1989 - 436 pages
...promised, lest a disappointment shut up your friend's purse forever. The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit are to be regarded. The sound of your hammer at flve in the moming or nine at night heard by a creditor makes him easy six months longer, but if he... | |
 | Roger G. Betsworth - Philosophy - 1990 - 220 pages
...thrown away, five shillings besides. Remember that credit is money. . . . 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 eight at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer, but if he sees you at a billiard... | |
 | Barbara B. Oberg, Harry S. Stout - Religion - 1993 - 241 pages
...(or because of) the fact that Franklin frequently manipulated appearances. As he counseled one youth, "The Sound of your Hammer at Five in the Morning or...Creditor, makes him easy Six Months longer. But," Franklin warned, "if he sees you at a Billiard Table . . . when you should be at Work, he sends for... | |
 | Joyce Oldham Appleby - Knowledge, Sociology of - 1996 - 578 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 five in the morning, or eight at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer,- but if he sees you at a billiard-table,... | |
 | Patrick Murray - Anthologies - 1997 - 510 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 five in the morning, or eight at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer; but if he sees you at a billiardtable,... | |
 | James Campbell - Printers - 1999 - 322 pages
...latter aspect Franklin emphasizes with the following piece of advice: The most trifling Actions that affect a Man's Credit, are to be regarded. The Sound...sees you at a Billiard Table, or hears your Voice in a Tavern, when you should be at Work, he sends for his Money the next Day. If young entrepreneurs... | |
 | Max Weber - Business & Economics - 1999 - 334 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 five in the morning, or eight at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer; but if he sees you at a billiard-table,... | |
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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... 
