A real patriot is the fellow who gets a parking ticket and rejoices that the system works.
It may be that these loan arrangements conform to the letter of the law, but they do not conform to the spirit of the law and to the principle of transparency on which it is based.
The petition of an empty hand is dangerous.
Even the world, that despises simplicity, does not profess to approve of duplicity.
In adversity man is saved by hope.
Flattery, if judiciously administered, is always acceptable, however much we may despise the flatterer.