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. Charles Lamb
Never lend your car to anyone to whom you have given birth. Erma Bombeck
This is no time to lend money, especially upon bare friendship without security. William Shakespeare (Timon of Athens, 3:i)
One of the greatest disservices you can do a man is to lend him money that he can’t pay back. Jesse Holman Jones
Neither a borrower nor a lender be,
For loan oft loses both itself and friend,
And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.
William Shakespeare (Hamlet 1:3)
Acquaintance. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to. Ambrose Bierce