Debt is the fatal disease of republics, the first thing and the mightiest to undermine governments and corrupt the people.

Debt is the fatal disease of republics, the first thing and the mightiest to undermine governments and corrupt the people.

Some people use one half their ingenuity to get into debt, and the other half to avoid paying it.

Some people use one half their ingenuity to get into debt, and the other half to avoid paying it.

Avoiding likewise the accumulation of debt, not only by shunning occasions of expense, but by vigorous exertions in time of read more

Avoiding likewise the accumulation of debt, not only by shunning occasions of expense, but by vigorous exertions in time of peace to discharge the debts which unavoidable wars have occasioned, not ungenerously throwing upon posterity the burthen whic

Wilt thou seal up the avenues of ill? Pay every debt as if God wrote the bill.

Wilt thou seal up the avenues of ill? Pay every debt as if God wrote the bill.

Credit buying is much like being drunk. The buzz happens immediately, and it gives you a lift. The hangover comes read more

Credit buying is much like being drunk. The buzz happens immediately, and it gives you a lift. The hangover comes the day after.

Death's the discharge of our debt of sorrow

Death's the discharge of our debt of sorrow

A church debt is the devil's salary.

A church debt is the devil's salary.

Debt is the worst poverty.

Debt is the worst poverty.

A mortgage casts a shadow on the sunniest field.

A mortgage casts a shadow on the sunniest field.