No sir. The first thing is character.
You can't pick cherries with your back to the tree.
Before money or anything else. Money cannot buy it...Because a man I do not trust could not get money from me on all the bonds in Christendom.
Gold is money. Everything else is credit.
If you have to ask how much it costs, you can't afford it.
I'll do business with anyone, but I'll only go sailing with gentlemen.