When a man sells eleven ounces for twelve, he makes a compact with the devil, and sells himself for the value of an ounce.

He that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.

What is a man if he is not a thief who openly charges as much as he can for the goods he sells?

Gain not base gains; base gains are the same as losses.

He who wishes to be rich in a day will be hanged in a year.

Greenmail, in case you're wondering, is when a company pays a raider a premium for his holdings-if he'll go away. What I think it really is is blackmail in a pin-striped suit.

The smell of profit is clean And sweet, whatever the source.

More men come to doom through dirty profits than are kept by them.