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Debt is a prolific mother of folly and of crime.
Debt is a prolific mother of folly and of crime.
He that dies pays all debts
He that dies pays all debts
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.
A true lover always feels in debt to the one he loves.
A true lover always feels in debt to the one he loves.
Running into debt isn't so bad. It's running into creditors that hurts.
Running into debt isn't so bad. It's running into creditors that hurts.
Some debts are fun when you are acquiring them, but none are fun when you set about retiring them
Some debts are fun when you are acquiring them, but none are fun when you set about retiring them
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.
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.
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