They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Tis against some mens principle to pay interest, and seems against others interest to pay the principle.
The second vice is lying, the first is running in debt.
Creditors have better memories than debtors.
Those have a short Lent, who owe money to be paid at Easter.
Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.
Time is the stuff life is made of.
Rather go to bed supperless, than rise in debt.
Lying rides upon debt’s back.
Buy what thou hast no Need of and ere long thou shalt sell thy Necessaries.
Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.
If a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the highest return.
