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... The Detroit Journal Year-book - 25. oldal1888Teljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
| Thomas Alfred Davies - 1884 - 558 oldal
...disappointment shut 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 five in the...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... | |
| Andrew James Symington - 1884 - 154 oldal
...souls." ' ' The most trifling actions,' says Benjamin Franklin, ' 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 , 9? by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer ; but if he sees you at a billiard-table, or hears... | |
| Cyclopaedia - 1885 - 1120 oldal
...Importance of. The moat trifling actions that affect a man's credit are to be regarded. The sound of year hammer at five in the morning, or nine at night, heard...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... | |
| 1888 - 748 oldal
...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 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, he sends for his money... | |
| William M. Thayer - 1889 - 510 oldal
...reckon that the only expense ; he has really spent, or rather thrown away, five shillings besides. " The sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or...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... | |
| 1891 - 556 oldal
...Shakespeare. The most trifling actions that affect a man's iredit are to be regarded. The sound of vour hammer at five in the morning, or nine at night, heard by a creditor, make him easy six months longer ; but if he sees you ni a Billiard table, or hears your voice at a... | |
| Maturin Murray Ballou - 1894 - 604 oldal
...Deecher. The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit are to be regarded. The sound of vour hammer at five in the morning or nine at night, heard by a creditor, makes him eiisv six months longer ; but if he sees you nt a hilliard-tiible, or hears your voice at a tavern,... | |
| Katharine Schuyler Baxter - 1897 - 666 oldal
...until it becomes a hundred pounds. " 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 creditor, makes him easy six months longer ; but if he sees you at a billiard table, or hears your... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1899 - 204 oldal
...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 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, he sends for his money... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1900 - 190 oldal
...shut up your friend's purse for evef?\ The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit are to be regarded. The sound of your hammer at five in the...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 the... | |
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