 | Charles H. Kent - Conduct of life - 1880 - 192 pages
...should place your standard high as to require great vigilance in living up to it." — Amos Laurence. "The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit...nine at night, heard by a creditor makes him easy six mouths longer ; but if he sees you at the billiard-table, or hears your voice at a tavern, when you... | |
 | Phebe Lankester - 1880 - 270 pages
...shut up your friend's purse for ever. " The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit are to bo regarded. The sound of your hammer at five in the...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, ho sends for his money... | |
 | Secrets - 1882 - 74 pages
...money an hour beyond the time promised, lest a disappointment shut up your friend's purse for ever. 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 nine at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months... | |
 | Edwin C. Sims - Business & Economics - 1989 - 436 pages
...money an hour beyond the time you promised, lest a disappointment shut up your friend's purse forever. The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit are to be regarded. The sound of your hammer at flve in the moming or nine at night heard by a creditor makes him easy six months longer, but if he... | |
 | Roger G. Betsworth - Philosophy - 1990 - 220 pages
...has really spent, or rather thrown away, five shillings besides. Remember that credit is money. . . . The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit...The sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or eight at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer, but if he sees you at a billiard... | |
 | Barbara B. Oberg, Harry S. Stout - Religion - 1993 - 241 pages
...(or because of) the fact that Franklin frequently manipulated appearances. As he counseled one youth, "The Sound of your Hammer at Five in the Morning or...Creditor, makes him easy Six Months longer. But," Franklin warned, "if he sees you at a Billiard Table . . . when you should be at Work, he sends for... | |
 | Joyce Oldham Appleby - Knowledge, Sociology of - 1996 - 578 pages
...money an hour beyond the time you promised, lest a disappointment shut up your friend's purse for ever. 'The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit...The sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or eight at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer,- but if he sees you at a billiard-table,... | |
 | Patrick Murray - Anthologies - 1997 - 510 pages
...money an hour beyond the time you promised, lest a disappointment shut up your friend's purse for ever. "The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit...The sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or eight at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer; but if he sees you at a billiardtable,... | |
 | Patrick Murray - Anthologies - 1997 - 504 pages
...money an hour beyond the time you promised, lest a disappointment shut up your friend's purse for ever. "The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit...The sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or eight at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer; but if he sees you at a billiardtable,... | |
 | James Campbell - Printers - 1999 - 316 pages
...recognized as being one.36 This latter aspect Franklin emphasizes with the following piece of advice: The most trifling Actions that affect a Man's Credit,...sees you at a Billiard Table, or hears your Voice in a Tavern, when you should be at Work, he sends for his Money the next Day. If young entrepreneurs... | |
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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... 
