Famous quotes containing the words private, equity and/or credit:
“The highest panegyric, therefore, that private virtue can receive, is the praise of servants.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)
“If equity and human natural reason were allowed there would be no law, there would be no lawyers.”
—Christina Stead (1902–1983)
“Gratitude among friends is like credit among tradesmen: it keeps business up, and maintains commerce. And we pay not because it is just to discharge our debts, but that we might the more easily find lenders on another occasion.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)