Go Hungry Before Borrowing Money: Franklin

"Rather go to bed with out dinner than to rise in debt." -- Benjamin Franklin

Invest in Children: Benefit All - Churchill

"There is no finer investment for any community than putting milk into babies." -- Winston Churchill

Gods Forgiveness Doesn't Repay Debts

"If I owe Smith ten dollars and God forgives me, that doesn't pay Smith." -- Robert Green Ingersoll

Only Legal Absolute is The Cost: Samuel Butler

"In law, nothing is certain but the expense." -- Samuel Butler

Being Miserly Does Not Make One Economical or Frugal

"Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy." -- Edmund Burke

Ivy League Education Compared to Bank Loans

"Ivy League establishments ... will give you an education the way the banks will give you money - provided you can prove to their satisfaction that you don't need it." -- Peter de Vries

Thoreau: Do Good For Successful Investing

"Goodness is the only investment which never fails." -- Henry David Thoreau

Mark Twain on Cost of Headaches, Value of Relief

"Do not undervalue the headache. While it is at its sharpest it seems a bad investment; but when relief begins, the unexpired remainder is worth $4 a minute." -- Mark Twain

Pity cost nothing and ain't worth nothing: Josh Billings

"Pity cost nothing and ain't worth nothing." -- Josh Billings

Shakespeare: Cost of Short-Lived Appearances

"Why so large a cost, having so short a lease, does thou upon your fading mansion spend?" -- William Shakespeare