Lose Friend By Refusing to Lend Money - Or Not

"A ready way to lose your friend is to lend him money. Another equally ready way to lose him is to refuse to lend him money. It is six of one and a half dozen of the other." -- George Jean

How to Get Rid of a Bore: Lend Money to Him

"The surest way to get rid of a bore is to lend money to him." -- Paul Louis Courier

Ambrose Bierce Funny Quote: Acquaintance Borrower

"Acquaintance, n.: A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to." -- Ambrose Bierce

Bob Hope Quote: Banks Make Unnecessary Loans

"A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it." -- Bob Hope

Ben Franklin: Money Gets Rid of Trouble Makers

"If you'd lose a troublesome visitor, lend him money." -- Benjamin Franklin

Friendship Endures All But Request to Lend Money

"The holy passion of friendship is so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring in nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money." -- Mark Twain

Bank Lends Money When You Don't Need It

"A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it begins to rain." -- Robert Frost