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Updated: June 26, 2025
And practical life abounds in cases of brilliant results from a course of generous and honest policy. The proverb says that "an empty bag cannot stand upright;" neither can a man who is in debt. It is also difficult for a man who is in debt to be truthful; hence, it is said that lying rides on debt's back.
'Well, said I, 'that debt's paid; but there's one debt we can never pay as long as we live. 'I know it, says she; 'but Dr. Singletary wants no better reward for his kindness than to see us live happily together, and do for others what he has done for us." "Pshaw!" said the Doctor, catching up his reins and whip. "You owe me nothing. But I must not forget my errand.
A double knock at the door frightens you: the postman may be delivering a lawyer's letter demanding the amount you owe. You are unable to pay it, and make a sneaking excuse. You invent some pretence for not paying. At length you are driven to downright lying. For "lying rides on debt's back." What madness it is to run in debt for superfluities! We buy fine articles finer than we can pay for.
"No, I know for a fact it wasn't that infernal old opera, though writing it was one of the things, that pulled him down. But the debt's all paid now and the good old boy is lying at death's door as a result. By the way," he added, drawing a key from his pocket, "Sister wants me to get something out of Edwin's office on the cloisters. Will you come with me, Miss Molly?
"Think not, I pray you," returned I, "that there is any debt unsatisfied between us." He waved his hand in a melancholy way. "Indeed, I wish to serve you for the sake of past friendship between us, not only for that debt's sake." "In spite of my quarrel with your son?" asked I. "In spite of that, indeed," he said slowly, "though a great wedge was driven between us there."
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