"The money isn't a lure. I've done very well out of this business"

"Weak minds sink under prosperity as well as adversity; but strong and deep ones have two high tides"

"Prestige is the shadow of money and power"

"Never trust a man who speaks well of everybody"

"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"

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

"A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body"

"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"