Great collections of books are subject to certain accidents besides the damp, the worms, and the rats; one not less common is that of the borrowers, not to say a word of the purloiners.
~Isaac D’Israeli
Neither a borrower nor a lender be, For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulleth edge of husbandry.
~William Shakespeare
Believe me that it is a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue.
~Francois Rabelais
He who prefers to give Linus the half of what he wishes to borrow, rather than to lend him the whole, prefers to lose only the half.
~Marcus Valerius Martial
Only an inventor knows how to borrow, and every man is or should be an inventor.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Live within your income, even if you have to borrow money to do so.
~Josh Billings
Before borrowing money from a friend, decide which you need more.
~Addison H. Hallock
The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
~Bible
He who borrows sells his freedom.
~German Proverb
Let us not bankrupt our todays by paying interest on the regrets of yesterday and by borrowing in advance the troubles of tomorrow.
~Ralph W. Sockman
As an individual who undertakes to live by borrowing, soon finds his original means devoured by interest, and next no one left to borrow from – so must it be with a new government.
~Abraham Lincoln