Lend

Famous quotes containing the word lend:

“The holy passion of friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)

““She’s somebody’s mother, boys, you know,
For all she’s aged and poor and slow,

“And I hope some fellow will lend a hand
To help my mother, you understand,

“If ever she’s poor and old and gray,
When her own dear boy is far away.””
—Mary Dow Brine (1816–1913)

“Solvency is maintained by means of a national debt, on the principle, “If you will not lend me the money, how can I pay you?””
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)