"In other words, a bond is the Corporation's promissory note for the money originally paid by the investor, with interest for the same, to be paid to the investor in stated amounts at stated intervals; and to guarantee its good faith in the matter, the Company pledges the bondholder an interest in certain property in its possession. It follows that a bond has a first call upon the property rights of the corporation; that it represents something tangible; that it pays a definite amount of interest, and that it may be reduced at its full value at a certain time."
It is important to consider, though, that happiness in one's work means far more than the accumulation of a fortune in discomfort, and one way to assure your happiness is to ensure your business remains in good standing; having made your credit and business reputable and firm, you must keep them such by an adherence to the same means which brought you there.
If you can avoid it, do not loan your name to every needy friend that comes along. Your neighbors will question your good judgment every time you have to meet a note which you were coaxed into endorsing, and you would have saved yourself a great deal of trouble by loaning the money to them outright.
In addition, you should not deceive yourself into believing that you are making money when, as a matter of fact, you may be losing it instead. For example, if you buy an article for two dollars and sell it for two and a half, you may say to yourself, "I've made fifty cents, so I'm earning a profit.
