He who wants Lent to seem short should contract a debt to be repaid at Easter

Money lent to a friend must be recovered from an enemy

Promises make debt, and debt makes promises.

There are four things every person has more of than they know; sins, debt, years, and foes.

A small debt makes a man your debtor, a large one your enemy.

Proverbs bear age, and he who would do well may view himself in them as in a looking glass