The pointless ferocities of intellectual life shock businessmen, who kill only to eat.

Money is to my social existence what health is to my body.

The worship of Mammon may be vulgar or immoral, but it persists while other religions falter and disappear.

Complainers change their complaints, but they never reduce the amount of time spent in complaining.

My ambition in life: to become successful enough to resume my career as a neurasthenic.

Courage, determination, and hard work are all very nice, but not so nice as an oil well in the back yard.

The pleasantest part of work is having done it.