The Banker

A BANKER IS A FELLOW WHO LENDS YOU HIS UMBRELLA WHEN THE SUN IS SHINING, BUT WANTS IT BACK THE MINUTE IT BEGINS TO RAIN

Mark Twain

Endurance

"If all misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their own and depart."

Socrates, 400BC

Thriftiness

For the Attention of the Right Honourable Gordon Brown, MP, Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury:-

"There are plenty of ways to get ahead. The first is so basic I'm almost embarrassed to say it: Spend less than you earn".

Paul Clitheroe