āLend less than you owe.ā
āGet thee to a nunnery.ā
āWolves and bears, they say, casting their savagery aside, have done like offices of pity.ā
āWhat, no more ceremony? See, my women! Against the blown rose may they stop their nose That kneel'd unto the buds.ā
āI am not bound to please thee with my answer.ā
āAway, you cut-purse rascal! you filthy bung, away! By this wine, I'll thrust my knife in your mouldy chaps, an you play the saucy cuttle with me. Away, you bottle-ale rascal! you basket-hilt stale juggler, you!ā
āNeither a borrower nor a lender be.ā
āNeither a borrower nor a lender be, for loan oft loses both itself and friend, and borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.ā
āIt is said that the world is in a state of bankruptcy, that the world owes the world more than the world can pay.ā