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| A hog upon trust grunts till he’s paid for. | 1 |
| A hundred wagonfuls of sorrow will not pay a handful of debt. Italian. | 2 |
| A hundred years of regret pay not a farthing of debt. French, German. | 3 |
| A light debt makes a debtor; a heavy one an enemy. Italian. | 4 |
| A loan should come laughing home. | 5 |
| A man in debt is stoned every year. Spanish. | 6 |
| A pound of care will not pay an ounce of debt. | 7 |
| A shut mouth incurs no debt. Gaelic. | 8 |
| A sick man sleeps but not a debtor. Spanish. | 9 |
| A small debt makes a debtor; a heavy one an enemy. Publius Syrus. | 10 |
| A thrush paid for is better than a turkey owing for. | 11 |
| Afttimes the cautioner pays the debt. | 12 |
| Better a coarse coat for a gulden than a fine one in debt. German. | 13 |
| Better go to bed supperless than rise in debt. | 14 |
| Debt hath a small beginning but a giant’s growth and strength. Benjamin Disraeli. | 15 |
| Debt is an evil conscience. | 16 |
| Debt is a bitter slavery to the free born. Publius Syrus. | 17 |
| Debt is the prolific mother of folly and crime. Benjamin Disraeli. | 18 |
| Debt is the worst poverty. | 19 |
| Debts turn freemen into slaves. Greek. | 20 |
| Happy is the man who is out of debt. Latin. | 21 |
| He cannot pay his debts. Literal: If I kill him he has no skin, if I scrape him he has no flesh. Chinese. | 22 |
| He has but a short Lent who must pay money at Easter. | 23 |
| He that gets out of debt grows rich. | 24 |
| He that has one hundred and one and owes one hundred and two the Lord have mercy on him. | 25 |
| He who gets out of debt enriches himself. French. | 26 |
| He who is without debt is without credit. Italian. | 27 |
| He who owes nothing fears not the sheriff’s officer. Latin. | 28 |
| He who oweth is all in the wrong. | 29 |
| He who pledges or promises runs in debt. Spanish. | 30 |
| How happy is he that owes nothing but to himself. | 31 |
| If you pay what you owe, what you’re worth you’ll know. Spanish. | 32 |
| It is better to pay and have but little left, than to have much and be always in debt. | 33 |
| Keep out of debt. | 34 |
| O’ ill debtors men get aiths. | 35 |
| Of bad debtors you may take spoilt herrings. Danish. | 36 |
| Out of debt, out of danger. | 37 |
| Rather check your appetite than get in debt, and though penniless be patient. Chinese. | 38 |
| Rather go to bed supperless than rise in debt. | 39 |
| Say nothing of my debts unless you mean to pay them. | 40 |
| Sins and debts are always more than we think them to be. | 41 |
| The debts go to the next heir. German. | 42 |
| The second vice is lying, the first being that of owing money. | 43 |
| Who lives on the score has shame evermore. French. | 44 |
| Who pays a debt creates capital. Italian. | 45 |
| Without debt, without care. Italian. | 46 |
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