Debt is a prolific mother of folly and of crime.

Debt is a prolific mother of folly and of crime.

Do not accustom yourself to consider debt only as an inconvenience; you will find it a calamity.

Do not accustom yourself to consider debt only as an inconvenience; you will find it a calamity.

Debts and lies are generally mixed together

Debts and lies are generally mixed together

He that dies pays all debts

He that dies pays all debts

Debt is the slavery of the free.

Debt is the slavery of the free.

Never spend your money before you have it.

Never spend your money before you have it.

A man in debt is so far a slave.

A man in debt is so far a slave.

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.

And to preserve their independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our read more

And to preserve their independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our election between economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude.