A crook is a crook, and there's something healthy about his frankness in the matter. But any guy who pretends he is enforcing the law and steals on his authority is a swell snake. The worst type of these punks is the big politician. You can only get a little of his time because he spends so much time covering up that no one will know that he is a thief. A hard-working crook will-and can-get those birds by the dozen, but right down in his heart he won't depend on them-hates the sight of them.

They've hung everything on me except the Chicago fire.

Once in the racket you're always in it.

Be careful who you call your friends. I’d rather have four quarters than one hundred pennies.

Hell must be a pretty swell spot, because the guys that invented religion have sure been trying hard to keep everybody else out.

I would rather be rich affluent and greedy and go to hell when I die, than live in poverty on this earth.

It's a racket. Those stock market guys are crooked.