 | 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 Makepeace Thayer - 1860 - 342 pages
...afterwards, to give the following advice to a " young tradesman :" — " The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit are to be regarded. The sound...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 - Apprentices - 1861 - 304 pages
...afterwards, to give the following advice to a " young tradesman " : — " The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit are to be regarded. The sound...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... | |
 | Elements - Success - 1862 - 246 pages
...in life when he has lost the confidence of men. Dr Franklin said, " The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit, are to be regarded. The sound...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... | |
 | John Laurie Blake - 1862 - 236 pages
...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...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... | |
 | 1862 - 580 pages
...somebody will furnish Uie bride. "The sound of your hammer," says Franklin, "at five in the morning, or at nine at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy...if he sees you at a billiard table, or hears your Tolce at a tavern, when you should be at work, be sends for his money the next day." A German professor... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 pages
...the ¡¿norant more learned than thoir cars. ACTION— Importance of. The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit are to be regarded. The sound of your hammer at five in the mornirg, or nine at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy si* months longer ; but if he sees you... | |
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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... 
