 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...  Laconics, Or The Best Words of the Best Authors - 127 ページ1856全文表示 - この書籍について
 | 1888 - 466 ページ
...disappointment shirt your friend's purse forever. The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit are to oe 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 the... | |
 | 1890 - 830 ページ
...guineas than one hole in our coat. — (Jolton. THE sound of your hammer at five in the morning or at 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 at a tavern when you should be at work, he sends for his money the... | |
 | 1891 - 556 ページ
...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... | |
 | William M. Thayer - 1893 - 464 ページ
...laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him." He once wrote to a young tradesman, " The sound of your hammer at five in the morning or...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... | |
 | Charles Van Doren, Charles Lincoln Van Doren, Robert McHenry - 1971 - 1530 ページ
...threepence, and so on till it becomes a hundred pounds. . . . The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit are to be regarded. The sound of your...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... | |
 | Edwin C. Sims - 1989 - 436 ページ
...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 - 1990 - 220 ページ
...five shillings besides. Remember that credit is money. . . . 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 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 - 1993 - 241 ページ
...(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... | |
 | Nian-Sheng Huang - 1994 - 304 ページ
...stating that "Time is Money" and "Credit is Money," he added: The most trifling Actions that affect a Man's Credit, are to be regarded. The Sound of your...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... | |
 | Joyce Oldham Appleby - 1996 - 578 ページ
...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 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,... | |
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