"It costs a great deal of money to do a musical, and the more money involved, the more big business influences the artform"

"Prestige is the shadow of money and power"

"Better one's House be too little one day than too big all the Year after"

"Raising children is an incredibly hard and risky business in which no cumulative wisdom is gained: each generation repeats the mistakes the previous one made"

"Law is not a profession at all, but rather a business service station and repair shop"

"It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great ideal. It is like a stone wasted on the field without becoming a part of any edifice"

"A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it"

"Business is the salt of life"

"Architects are pretty much high-class whores. We can turn down projects the way they can turn down some clients, but we've both got to say yes to someone if we want to stay in business"

"You can't get rid of poverty by giving people money"

"Behind every great fortune lies a great crime"