Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.

Debtor

A debtor does not get angry.Accra.

A debtor gets twice angry, i.e., when he is dunned and when he has to pay.

From a bad debtor even a bag of straw is worth having.Modern Greek.

Early to rise and late to bed, lifts again the debtor’s head.German.

Happy is he who owes nothing.Greek.

The bad debtor neither denies nor pays.Modern Greek.