Samuel Johnson

A man who exposes himself when he is intoxicated, has not the art of getting drunk.

He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.

Solitude is dangerous to reason, without being favorable to virtue. Remember that the solitary mortal is certainly luxurious, probably superstitious, and possibly mad.

Subordination tends greatly to human happiness. Were we all upon an equality, we should have no other enjoyment than mere animal pleasure.

Marriage is the best state for man in general, and every man is a worst man in proportion to the level he is unfit for marriage.

A vow is a snare for sin.

A habit of debt is very injurious to the memory.

Only debt is forever.

If you have debt I’m willing to bet that general clutter is a problem for you too.

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

The impulse dances inside the debt.

Debt, we’ve learned, is the match that lights the fire of every crisis. Every crisis has its own set of villains – pick your favorite: bankers, regulators, central bankers, politicians, overzealous consumers, credit rating agencies – but all require one similar ingredient to create a true crisis: too much leverage.

It takes as much imagination to create debt as to create income.

Crito, I owe a cock to Asclepius; will you remember to pay the debt?

The only reason I made a commercial for American Express was to pay for my American Express bill!

Good times are when people make debts to pay in bad times.

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…

He that dies pays all debts.

Promises make debt, and debt makes promises.

A decent society wouldn’t push millions of student into debt. It would recognize that higher education isn’t mainly a personal investment. It is a public good.

Youth is in danger until it learns to look upon debts as furies.