Debt Quotes

You say you nothing owe, and so I say; He only owes, who has something to pay.

God bless pawnbrokers! They are quiet men.

Never promise a poor person, and never owe a rich one.

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.

I have discovered the philosophers stone, that turns everything into gold: it is, “Pay as you go.”

Debts are like children: the smaller they are the more noise they make.

Forgetfulness, n.: A gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.