In Paris there are two dens, one for thieves, the other for murderers. The den of thieves is the Stock Exchange; the den of murderers is the Courthouse.

It is only on the basis of the probable and the apparent that men bereft of a sixth sense are able to sit in judgment over other men.

To get rich, one must have but a single idea, one fixed, hard, immutable thought: the desire to make a heap of gold. And in order to increase this heap of gold, one must be...

I do not believe that one can become rich without being a shark; a sensitive man will never amass wealth.