It is hard for an empty bag to stand upright.
Creditors have better memories than debtors.
Creditors are a superstitious sect, great observers of set days and times.
The borrower is a slave to the lender, and the debtor to the creditor.
For age and want save while you may,
No morning sun lasts a whole day.
Get what you can, and what you get hold;
'Tis the stone that will turn all your lead into gold.
Experience keeps a dear school; but fools will learn in no other and scarce in that; for we may give advice, but we cannot give conduct.
They that will not be counselled cannot be helped.
Distrust and caution are the parents of security.
After feasts made, the maker shakes his head.