"I never liked the word ‘finance.’"

"The first thing (in credit) is character… before money or anything else. Money cannot buy it."

"A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason."

"I don’t want a lawyer who tells me what I can’t do; I want one who tells me how to do what I want."

"The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets."