Thomas Tusser

A man in debt is so far a slave.

There are but two ways of paying debt-increase of industry in raising income, increase of thrift in laying out.

A liberal is someone who feels a great debt to his fellow man; a debt he proposes to pay off with your money.

A mortgage casts a shadow on the sunniest field.

Do not accustom yourself to consider debt only as an inconvenience; you will find it a calamity.

I say to you never involve yourself in debt, and become no man’s surety.

People are living longer than ever before, a phenomenon undoubtedly made necessary by the 30-year mortgage.

We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt.

A habit of debt is very injurious to the memory.

I owe much; I have nothing; the rest I leave to the poor.

We all think we’re going to get out of debt.

Debt is a prolific mother of folly and of crime.

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.

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.