The borrower runs in his own debt.

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

— William Shakespeare

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

— Anonymous

He who promises runs in debt

— The Talmud

I'm no innovator. If anything I'm a stealer, or borrower. I've stolen or borrowed from more people than you can shake a stick at.

— Bear Bryant

The rich is the one that rules over those of little means, and the borrower is servant to the man doing the lending.

— Solomon

Debt is a mistake between lender and borrower, and both should suffer.

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

The borrower is slave to the lender and the debtor to the creditor.

— Benjamin Franklin

Control your generosity when dealing with a chronic borrower.

— Anonymous

The book borrower...proves himself to be an inveterate collector of books not so much by the fervor with which he guards his borrowed treasures...as…

— Walter Benjamin

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

— William Shakespeare

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

— William Shakespeare

When you lend, have the borrower sign a paper before witnesses.

— Anonymous

“A borrower who doesn't returns is a beggar.”

— Amit Kalantri

“all loans, in the eyes of honest borrowers, must eventually he repaid. All credit is debt. Proposals for an increased volume of credit, therefore,…

— Henry Hazlitt

Total borrowing has imploded. Private borrowing has collapsed. And, in effect, the Treasury Department is the last borrower left standing.

— Anonymous