"We have grown used to money. The handling, the increase of it, is the chief business of life now with most of us"

"Prestige is the shadow of money and power"

"Life is life - whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man's own advantage"

"Plunge boldly into the thick of life, and seize it where you will, it is always interesting"

"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"

"Cats and monkeys; monkeys and cats; all human life is there"

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

"Telling a teenager the facts of life is like giving a fish a bath"

"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"