“Every gift we accept is a tie. Sometimes, one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.”
— Albert Einstein Secondary source“He that drinks fast, pays slow.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“If you’d lose a troublesome visitor, lend him money.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“Industry pays debts, despair increases them.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“The creditors are a superstitious sect, great observers of set days and times.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“Best use of money is to pay debts.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“If a man owns land, the land owns him.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“Now when a country does not pay its debts you cannot take its word on anything.”
— Ernest Hemingway Primary source“If you’d know the value of money, go and borrow some.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“The second vice is lying; the first is running in debt.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“You will be careful, if you are wise; how you touch men's religion, or credit, or eyes.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“Rather go to bed supperless, than run in debt for a breakfast.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“A light purse is a heavy curse.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“Sleep without supping, and you'll rise without owing for it.”
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