In this year 1634, I purchased the moiety of thirteen houses in the Strand for five hundred and thirty pounds.
Be it a video game, comic book, or cheque book, the question always is, 'What story do you have to tell?'
Nothing is more satisfying to me than sitting in a dank room, hunched over a single flickering candle like Ebenezer Scrooge, and watching my ledgers fill themselves with ink.
In 1844, there was a balance of perhaps of a couple of thousand dollars on the cr side.
Nobody was ever meant, To remember or invent, What he did with every cent.
I am proud of my record as Colorado's State Treasurer. I have protected the taxpayer's money and grown the value of the state's investments in a very challenging economy.
Keeping accounts, sir, is of no use when a man is spending his own money, and has nobody to whom he is to account. You won't eat less beef today because you have written down what it cost yesterday.
You are asked to keep a ledger - a small notebook will do - of money in and money out. Counting brings clarity, and clarity is one of the first and finest fruits of prosperity.