Great collections of books are subject to certain accidents
besides the damp, the worms, and the rats; one not read more

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.

Neither a borrower nor a lender be,
For loan oft loses both itself and friend,
And borrowing read more

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

Only an inventor knows how to borrow, and every man is or should be an inventor.

Only an inventor knows how to borrow, and every man is or should be an inventor.

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

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

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

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

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

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

You give me back, Phoebus, my bond for four hundred thousand
sesterces; lend me rather a hundred thousand more. read more

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.

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

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

He who borrows sells his freedom.

He who borrows sells his freedom.