 | Andrew James Symington - Boys - 1884 - 154 pages
...irons that enter into their souls." ' ' The most trifling actions,' says Benjamin Franklin, ' that affect a man's credit are to be regarded. The sound...hammer at five in the morning, or nine at night, heard , 9? by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer ; but if he sees you at a billiard-table, or hears... | |
 | Truths - 1885 - 572 pages
...painted clay. Cljaractee. — Franklin. fT1HE most trifling actions that affect a man's Credit are -L to be regarded. The sound of your hammer at five in...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... | |
 | Detroit (Mich.) - 1888 - 466 pages
...disappointment shirt your friend's purse forever. The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit are to oe regarded. The sound of your hammer at five in the...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 the... | |
 | Welsh - 1890 - 830 pages
...guineas than one hole in our coat. — (Jolton. 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 or hears your voice at a tavern when you should be at work, he sends for his money the... | |
 | Charles Van Doren, Charles Lincoln Van Doren, Robert McHenry - History - 1971 - 1530 pages
...seven and threepence, and so on till it becomes a hundred pounds. . . . 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... | |
 | 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,... | |
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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... 
