The money we have is the means to liberty; that which we pursue is the means to slavery.

We get a deal o’ useless things about us, only because we’ve got the money to spend.

No nation was ever ruined by trade.

Yes to a market economy, no to a market society.

Beautiful credit! The foundation of modern society.

Money speaks sense in a language all nations understand.

Trade is a social act.

A merchant may, perhaps, be a man of an enlarged mind, but there is nothing in trade connected with an enlarged mind.

Wants keep pace with wealth always.

Peace is a natural effect of trade.

Profit is profit even in Mecca.

Some people make stuff; other people have to buy it. And when we gave up making stuff, starting in the 1980s, we were left with the unique role of buying.

One man’s loss is another man’s profit.