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Rather go to bed supperless than rise in debt.
Rather go to bed supperless than rise in debt.
The whole of what we know is a system of compensations. Each suffering is rewarded; each sacrifice is made up; read more
The whole of what we know is a system of compensations. Each suffering is rewarded; each sacrifice is made up; every debt is paid.
Our national debt, after all, is an internal debt, owed not only by the nation but to the nation. If read more
Our national debt, after all, is an internal debt, owed not only by the nation but to the nation. If our children have to pay the interest they will pay that interest to themselves.
Death's the discharge of our debt of sorrow
Death's the discharge of our debt of sorrow
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
Debt is the worst poverty.
Debt is the worst poverty.
A habit of debt is very injurious to the memory.
A habit of debt is very injurious to the memory.
A mortgage casts a shadow on the sunniest field.
A mortgage casts a shadow on the sunniest field.
'Tis against some men's principle to pay interest, and seems against others' interest to pay the principle.
'Tis against some men's principle to pay interest, and seems against others' interest to pay the principle.