I walked out of that room determined never to get into debt again. Besides, I know deadbeats, I know how they think. I've been there, they can't fool me. I didn't want them to go through what almost happened to me. It was for their own good, you know.
People have to learn how to be responsible.
That's a lesson it took me too long to learn. I was just trying to help. Ten thousand talents. That's how much he was forgiven, that's a lot of gold. That's 8,000 soldiers each carrying sixty pounds of coins.