Lord, I do not ask that thou shouldst give me wealth; only show me where it is, and I will attend to the rest.

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

A shopkeeper will never get the more custom by beating his customers; and what is true of a shopkeeper is true of a shopkeeping nation.

Profit is profit even in Mecca.

Corporations have neither bodies to be punished nor souls to be damned.

You must not grow used to making money out of everything. One sees more people ruined than one has seen preserved by shameful gains.

Money speaks sense in a language all nations understand.

Commerce tends to wear off those prejudices which maintain distinction and animosity between nations.

The human working stock is of interest only insofar as it is profitable.

The merchant always has fresh losses to expect, and the dread of base poverty forbids his rest.

Exchange is no robbery.

Trade is a social act.

The money market is to a commercial nation what the heart is to man.