Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything.

Things that matter most must never be at the mercy of things that matter least.

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

Talent is formed in solitude, character in the bustle of the world.

What you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.

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…

Promises make debt, and debt makes promises.

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

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

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

Some debts are fun when you are acquiring them, but none are fun when you set about retiring them.

He that dies pays all debts.

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

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.

If I owe you a pound, I have a problem; but if I owe you a million, the problem is yours.

I go on the principle that a public debt is a public curse.

Debt can turn a free, happy person into a bitter human being.

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

Small debts are like small shot; they are rattling on every side, and can scarcely be escaped without a wound.

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