Orrin Woodward

Debt is a prolific mother of folly and of crime.

A small debt produces a debtor; a large one, an enemy.

Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver.

Only debt is forever.

Debt is like any other trap, easy enough to get into, but hard enough to get out of.

Debt is the secret foe of thrift, as vice and idleness are its open foes. The debt-habit is the twin brother of poverty.

Some people use one half their ingenuity to get into debt, and the other half to avoid paying it.

Debts and lies are generally mixed together.

Debt is beautiful only after it is repaid.

It is always so pleasant to be generous, though very vexatious to pay debts.

Live within your means, never be in debt, and by husbanding your money you can always lay it out well.

Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them.

If you think nobody cares if you’re alive, try missing a couple of car payments.

Debt is such a powerful tool, it is such a useful tool, it’s much better than colonialism ever was because you can keep control without having an army, without having a whole administration.

A man must cut down his outgoings and save his incomings if he wants to clear himself; you can’t spend your penny and pay debts with it too. Stint the kitchen if the purse is bare. Don’t believe in any way of wiping out debts except by paying hard cash. Promises make debts, and debts make promises, but promises never pay debts…