Like an Ox-Cart Driver in Monsoon Season

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Getting money is like digging with a needle. Spending it is like water soaking into sand. – Japanese proverb

The best plan is to profit by the folly of others. – Pliny the Elder

The happiest time in any man’s life is when he is in red-hot pursuit of a dollar with a reasonable prospect of overtaking it. – Henry Wheeler Shaw

The proper man understands equity, the small man profits. – Confucius

Where profit is, loss hides nearby. – Japanese proverb

Like a ox-cart driver in monsoon season or the skipper of a grounded ship, one must sometimes go forward by going back. – John Barth

Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time. – Mark Twain

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