Samuel Johnson

Count on it, if a person talks of their misfortune, there is something in it that is not disagreeable to them.

Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowledge which cannot apply will make no man wise.

The most fatal disease of friendship is gradual decay, or dislike hourly increased by causes too slender for complaint, and too numerous for removal.

Dictionaries are like watches; the worst is better than none, and the best cannot be expected to be quite true.

Where grief is fresh, any attempt to divert it only irritates.

We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found; and each believes it possessed by others, to keep alive the hope of obtaining it for himself.

To preserve their independence, we must not let our rules load us with perpetual debt. We must make our election between economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude.

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

Forgetfulness. A gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.

Debt is dumb. Cash is king.

Creditors have better memories than debtors.

He who promises runs in debt.

Debt is beautiful only after it is repaid.

Debt on anything that depreciates is disastrous.

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

Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt.

Credit buying is much like being drunk. The buzz happens immediately and gives you a lift…. The hangover comes the day after.

You should always live within your income, even if you have to borrow to do so.

I’m in debt. I am a true American!

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.

A man in debt is so far a slave.