Business is more exciting than any game.

Business is more exciting than any game.

If your outgo exceeds your income, then your upkeep will be your downfall.

If your outgo exceeds your income, then your upkeep will be your downfall.

Few women care to be laughed at and men not at all, except for large sums of money.

Few women care to be laughed at and men not at all, except for large sums of money.

Only little people pay taxes.

Only little people pay taxes.

I've been promoted to middle management. I never thought I'd sink so low.

I've been promoted to middle management. I never thought I'd sink so low.

If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion.

If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion.

Whales only get harpooned when they come to the surface, and turtles can only move forward when they stick their read more

Whales only get harpooned when they come to the surface, and turtles can only move forward when they stick their neck out, but investors face risk no matter what they do.

Fortune has something of the nature of a woman. If she is too intensely wooed, she commonly goes the further read more

Fortune has something of the nature of a woman. If she is too intensely wooed, she commonly goes the further away.

In a trader-dominated society, the scribe is usually kept out of the management of affairs, but it given a more read more

In a trader-dominated society, the scribe is usually kept out of the management of affairs, but it given a more or less free hand in the cultural field. By frustrating the scribe's craving for commanding action, the trader draws upon himself the scribe's wrath and scorn.