Question: who said neither a borrower or a lender be
Answer: Polonius 's most famous lines are found in Act 1 Scene 3 ( `` Neither a borrower nor a lender be '' ; `` To thine own self be true '' ) and Act 2 Scene 2 ( `` Brevity is the soul of wit '' ; and `` Though this be madness , yet there is method i n't '' ) while others have become paraphrased aphorisms ( `` Clothes make the man '' ; `` Old friends are the best friends '' ) .