Wherever commerce prevails there will be an inequality of wealth, and wherever the latter does a simplicity of manners must decline.

There is no blindness more insidious, more fatal, than this race for profit.

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

Beautiful credit! The foundation of modern society.

Trade’s proud empire hastes to swift decay.

For the merchant, even honesty is a financial speculation.

Don’t try to make a profit on a bad trade; just try to find the best place to get out.

There is no profit without another’s loss.

Everyone lives by selling something.

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

Trade is a social act.

Money speaks sense in a language all nations understand.

Business is other people’s money.