Walter Raleigh Quotes

If any friend desire thee to be his surety, give him a part of what thou hast to spare; if he press thee further, he is not thy friend at all, for friendship rather chooseth harm to itself than offereth it. If thou be bound for a stranger, thou art a fool; if for a merchant, thou puttest thy estate to learn to swim.

I have a Chicago personality, which means that just because I'm friends with one person, I don't assume I'm friends with his friends.

He who is surety is never sure himself. Take advice, and never be security for more than you are quite willing to lose. Remember the word of the wise man: He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it; and he that hateth suretyship is sure.

I say to you never involve yourself in debt, and become no man's surety.

Be stingy with your money! Don't splurge at the mall - and definitely don't give it to your boyfriend!

The sound rule in busi­ness is that you may give money freely when you have a sur­plus, but your name never-nei­ther as en­dorser nor as mem­ber of a cor­po­ra­tion with in­di­vid­ual li­a­bil­ity

Neither a borrower nor a lender be.

The last thing family and friends want is for you to spend money on them that you don't have or that you can't really spare.

The same prudence which in private life would forbid our paying our own money for unexplained projects, forbids it in the dispensation of public moneys.

Everyone is your friend if you say yes, but say no and watch how they react. It's been a huge life lesson for me.

Never ask for small loans.

Generosity is a virtue, but unlimited generosity is a fast route to bankruptcy.

Do not enter into an agreement you cannot afford. Take precautions to avoid institutional loans with double-digit interest rates.

My family wasn't rich, so when it comes to money, I tend to think, 'Err on the side of caution.'

Do not go out first thing after signing a contract and buy assets that are huge compared to the contract signed. Just because you have money for the first time doesn't mean you have to spend it before you know all the ramifications of buying the assets.

Yet sometimes being a friend meant letting people do things that hurt, like putting distance between you, just because it made them happy.

Generosity should never exceed ability.

Give parents the tiniest of confidences and they'll use them as crowbars to jimmy you open and rearrange your life with no perspective.

It's just that I don't think friends tie friends to the bedpost." James choked on his tea. "Caroline, you have no idea.

Our business is to have great credit and to use it little.

We feel led to caution . . . against forming the bad habit of incurring debt and taking upon themselves obligations which frequently burden them heavier than they can bear, and lead to the loss of their homes and other possessions. We know it is the fashion of the age to use credit to the utmost limit. . . . We, therefore, repeat our counsel . . . to shun debt. Be content with moderate gains, and be not misled by illusory hopes of acquiring wealth. . . . Let our children also be taught habits of economy, and not to indulge in tastes which they cannot gratify without running into debt.

We know when we have had enough of a friend, and we know when a friend has had enough of us. The first truth is no more palatable than the second.

A man must have limits and cannot give in to the wild desires to be everything and everyone and everything to everyone.

[In relationships with a directors] I want to be able to give and take, and I can't name what it is: respect, energy, investment in the task, focus, humor, intelligence, but I always feel responsible for taking the money.

One rule which woe betides the banker who fails to heed it/Never lend any money to anybody unless they don't need it.