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1876 - Business Maxims

1. After the feast the giver shakes his head.

2. The sleeping fox catches no poultry.

3. Creditors have excellent memories.

4. Caution is the father of security.

5. He who pays beforehand is served behindhand.

6. If you would know the value of a dollar try to borrow one.

7. Great bargains have ruined many.

8. Be silent when a fool talks.

9. Give a foolish talker rope enough and he will hang himself.

10. Never speak boastingly of your business.

11. It is hard for a hungry man to wait when he smells the roast meat.

12. An hour of triumph comes at last to those who watch and wait.

13. Word by word Webster's big Dictionary was made.

14. Speak well of your friends of your enemies say nothing.

15. Never take back a discharged servant.

16. If you post your servants upon your affairs, they will one day rend you.

17. No man can be successful who neglects his business.

18. Do not waste time in useless regrets over losses.

19. Systematize your business, and keep an eye on little expenses. Small leaks sink great ships.

20. Never fail to take a receipt for money paid, and keep copies of your letters.

21. Do your business promptly, and bore not a business man with long visits.

22. Law is a trade in which the lawyers eat the oysters and leave the clients the shells.

Rothschild, the founder of the world-renowned house of Rothschild & Co., ascribed his success to the following:

Never have anything to do with an unlucky man.

Be cautious and bold.

Make a bargain at once.

The Osage City Free Press
Osage City, Kansas
Sat., January 22, 1876

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