Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Debt
Debt is like a millstone about a man’s neck.
—Anonymous
Debt is like any other trap, easy enough to get into, but hard enough to get out of.
—Josh Billings
Debts are now-a-days like children, begot with pleasure, but brought forth with pain.
—Jean Baptiste Poquelin Molière