The Use of Riches in Discretion Lies

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Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches as to conceive how others can be in want. – Jonathan Swift

Golden shackles are far worse than iron ones. – Mohandas Ghandhi

Abundance is a blessing to the wise;
The use of riches in discretion lies:
Learn this, ye men of wealth – a heavy purse
In a fool’s pocket is a heavy curse. – Richard Cumberland

To open a shop is easy, to keep it open is an art. – Confucius

I detest life-insurance agents; they always argue that some day I shall die, which is not so. – Stephen Butler-Leacock

When buyers don’t fall for prices, prices must fall for buyers. – Anonymous

When I sell liquor, it’s called bootlegging; when my patrons serve it on silver trays on Lake Shore Drive, it’s called hospitality. – Al Capone

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It's Possible to Own Too Much

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You can get more with a kind word and a gun than you can get with a kind word. – Al Capone

Drive thy business or it will drive thee. - Benjamin Franklin

It’s possible to own too much. A man with one watch knows what time it is; a man with two watches is never sure. – Lee Sagall

When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it is best to let him run. – Abraham Lincoln

Every organization has a Siberia. – Warren G. Bennis

The doctor can bury his mistakes but an architect can only davise his client to plant vines. – Frank Lloyd Wright

We are drowning in information but starved for knowledge. – John Naisbitt

I Brush my Teeth and Sharpen my Tongue

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Eight by Oscar Levant

I’m a study of a man in chaos in search of frenzy.

When I was young I looked like Al Capone, but I lacked his compassion.

I don’t drink; I don’t like it – it makes me feel good.

There is a thin line between genius and insanity. I have erased the line.

I was once thrown out of a mental hospital for depressing the other patients.

The first thing in the morning I brush my teeth and sharpen my tongue.

To an obnoxious acquaintance: “I’m going to memorize your name and throw my head away.”

After dinner at the White House, Levant turned to his wife and said, “Now I suppose we’ll have to have the Trumans over to our house.”

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