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The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

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.

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.

You give me back, Phoebus, my bond for four hundred thousand sesterces; lend me rather a hundred thousand more. Seek some one else to whom you may vaunt your empty present: what I cannot pay you, Phoebus, is my own.

I have granted you much that you asked: and yet you never cease to ask of me. He who refuses nothing, Atticilla, will soon have nothing to refuse.

Believe me that it is a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue.

Neither a borrower nor a lender be, For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulleth edge of husbandry.

What question can be here? Your own true heart Must needs advise you of the only part: That may be claim'd again which was but lent, And should be yielded with no discontent, Nor surely can we find herein a wrong, That it was left us to enjoy it long.

Who goeth a borrowing Goeth a sorrowing. Few lend Their working tools. - Thomas Tusser,

Borrowed garments never fit well.

Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.

Loans and debts make worry and frets.

Let us all be happy, and live within our means, even if we have to borrow the money to do it with.

Lots of fellows think a home is only good to borrow money on.

He who borrows sells his freedom.

Live within your income, even if you have to borrow money to do so.

The shoulders of a borrower are always a little straighter than those of a beggar.

Creditors have better memories than debtors.

The human species, according to the best theory I can form of it, is composed of two distinct races: the men who borrow, and the men who lend.

If you would know the value of money, go try to borrow some; for he that goes a-borrowing goes a-sorrowing.