People wonder at the achievements of a man whom they take to be ignorant; but that man has a secret intelligence somewhere; and if they could discover it they would imitate him.

Don't you permit yourself to feel that any mental force is too high for business.

The statesman is but a business man.

Behind the great general is the nation's backbone, and that backbone is a financier.

Let me see, what time is it ?" He looked at his watch.