...money an hour beyond the time you promised, lest a disappointment shut up your friend's purse for ever. "The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit...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 billiardtable,...

...money an hour beyond the time you promised, lest a disappointment shut up your friend's purse for ever. "The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit...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 billiardtable,...

...recognized as being one.36 This latter aspect Franklin emphasizes with the following piece of advice: The most trifling Actions that affect a Man's Credit,...him easy Six Months longer. But if he sees you at a Billiard Table, or hears your Voice in a Tavern, when you should be at Work, he sends for his Money...

...money an hour beyond the time you promised, lest a disappointment shut up your friend's purse for ever. The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit...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,...

...48-49. 27. He advises the man who is in debt, "The sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or eight at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer." Quoted ibid., 4928. Though related to labor in this context, this quality fosters the home's identity...

...generation. He that murders a crown, destroys all that it might have produced, even scores of pounds.... The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit...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,...

...money an hour beyond the time you 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 of your hammer at 5:00 in the morning or 8:00 at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer; but if...

...disappointment shut up your friend's purse for ever The most trifling actions that affect a man's eredit are to be regarded. The sound of your hammer at five in the morning. or eigbt at nigbt, heard by a ereditor, makes him easy six months longer; but if he sees you at a billiard-table,...

...actions . . . affect a man's credit. . . . The sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or eight at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer" t1904-1905:48-49). For Franklin, life was "dominated by the making of money, ... as the ultimate purpose...

...bottom, they were struggling with the place of failure in the new republic. (5) 9( DEBTORS AND CREDITORS The most trifling Actions that affect a Man's Credit, are to be regarded . . . Creditors are a kind of People, that have the sharpest Eyes and Ears, as well as the best Memories...