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| A man has just so much credit as he has money in his possession. Juvenal. | 1 |
| A pig on credit makes a good winter and a bad spring. Portuguese. | 2 |
| Better to take eight hundred than sell (on credit) for a thousand cash. Chinese. | 3 |
| Better twenty per cent. on ready money than thirty per cent. on credit. Chinese. | 4 |
| Credit cuts off customers. Chinese. | 5 |
| Credit is better than ill won gear. | 6 |
| Credit helps a man on the horse and sometimes under the ground. German. | 7 |
| Credit is better than gold. German. | 8 |
| Credit is better than ready money. German. | 9 |
| Credit is dead, bad pay killed it. Italian. | 10 |
| Credit keeps the crown o’ the causeway. | 11 |
| Credit lost is a Venice-glass broken which cannot be soldered. | 12 |
| Credit lost is like a broken looking-glass. | 13 |
| He getteth a great deal of credit who payeth but a small debt. | 14 |
| He that has lost his credit is dead to the world. German. | 15 |
| If any one wants to enjoy the good will of his kind let him sell on credit and never collect the money. Chinese. | 16 |
| More credit can be thrown down in a moment than can be built up in an age. | 17 |
My capital small and profits slender,
On credit my goods I can’t surrender. Chinese. | 18 |
| No man ever lost his credit but who had it not. | 19 |
| Who sells upon credit has much custom but little money. German. | 20 |
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