Debt is the worst poverty. Thomas Fuller
Creditors have better memories than debtors. Benjamin Franklin
Who recalls when folks got along without something if it cost too much? Kin Hubbard
Debt is the fatal disease of republics, the first thing and the mightiest to undermine governments and corrupt the people. Wendell Phillips
Debts and lies are generally mixed together. Francois Rabelais
Debt is a prolific mother of folly and of crime. Benjamin Disraeli
Always live within your income, even if you have to borrow money to do so. Josh Billings
It is very iniquitous to make me pay my debts – you have no idea of the pain it gives one. Lord Byron
Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver. Ambrose Bierce
A man in debt is so far a slave. Ralph Waldo Emerson
If you think nobody cares if you’re alive, try missing a couple of car payments. Earl Wilson