Sir George Pearce says: "Borrowing is inevitable."

At the beginning of the week
A strictly rigid path I seek,
   And vow the only state for me,
   In finance, is stability;
I sternly view all borrowing
As an absurd and evil thing.

But, as old Time slips by on skids,
And, with him sundry "bobs" and "quids,"
   And my financial state gets low,
   With pay-day still some laps to go,
I have to own - twixt me and you -
It is inevitable, too.

"Den"
Sun, 6 June 1927, p7