If your friend finds himself unable to repay the debt, he will avoid you and
may well say bad things about you to justify his conduct. There is a
Portuguese proverb that says: ‘If you would make an enemy, lend a man money,
and ask it of him again.’

##### See also:

* When I lent, I had a friend; when I asked he was unkind
* Neither a borrower nor a lender be