Never promise a poor person, and never owe a rich one.
Debt Quotes
He who promises runs in debt.
Eat vegetables and fear no creditors, rather than eat duck and hide.
Jack ran so long and ran so fast, No wonder he ran out at last; He ran in debt – and then to pay, He distanced all, and ran away.
He who wants Lent to seem short should contract a debt to be repaid at Easter.
The Golden Age of the small farmer is over. He can barely get along. He is in debt to the cattle-dealer, the land speculator, the usuerer. Mortgages ruin whole communities, even more than taxes.