 | Biographies of American leaders - 1855 - 624 pages
...a handled pounds. So much in stock, briskly turned by u industrious man, produces great advantage. The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit are to be regarded. The sound of the hammer at five in the morning, or at nine at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months... | |
 | Freeman Hunt - Business & Economics - 1856 - 500 pages
...money an hour beyond the time you promised, lest disappointment shut up your friend's purse forever. The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit...him easy six months longer; but, if he sees you at the billiard table, or hears your voice at a tavern, when you should be at work, he sends for his money... | |
 | John Timbs - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1856 - 378 pages
...then I am superstitious in not wearing black. — Selden. DCXX. The most trifling actions that altect a man's credit are to be regarded. The sound of your...him easy six months longer ; but if he sees you at a billiardtable, or hears your voice at a tavern, when you should be at work, he sends for his money... | |
 | Commerce - 1857 - 798 pages
...business, in all avocations, character, in the long run, is the best capital. Says Poor Richard, " the sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or...nine at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy for six months longer ; but if he sees you at a gambling-table, or hears your voice at a tavern, when... | |
 | Freeman Hunt, Thomas Prentice Kettell, William Buck Dana - Commerce - 1857 - 820 pages
...business, in all avocations, character, in the long run, is the best capital. Says Poor Richard, " the sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or...nine at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy for six months longer ; but if he sees you at a gambling-table, or hears your voice at a tavern, when... | |
 | 1857 - 802 pages
...character, in the long run, is the best capital. Says Poor Richard, " the sound of your hammer at live in the morning, or nine at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy for six months longer ; but if he sees you at a gambling-table, or hears your voice at a tavern, when... | |
 | Business - 1859 - 188 pages
...business, in all avocations, character, in the long run, is the best capital. Says Poor Richard—" The sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or...nine at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy for six months longer ; but if he sees you at a gambling-table, or hears your voice in a tavern when... | |
 | 1859 - 788 pages
...business, in all avocations, character, in the long run, is the best capital. Says poor Richard : — " The sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or nine at night, heard by a creditor, makes him cu.-y for six months longer ; but if he sees you at a gambling table, or hears your voice at a tavern,... | |
 | William M. Thayer - Apprentices - 1861 - 304 pages
...doubtless, that caused him, years afterwards, to give the following advice to a " young tradesman " : — " The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit...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... | |
 | William Makepeace Thayer - 1860 - 342 pages
...doubtless, that caused him, years afterwards, to give the following advice to a " young tradesman :" — " The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit...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... | |
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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 voice... 
