The objects of a financier are, then, to secure an ample revenue; to impose it with judgment and equality; to employ it economically; and, when necessity obliges him to make use of credit, to secure its foundations in that instance, and for ever, by the clearness and candor of his proceedings, the exactness of his calculations, and the solidity of his funds.

We estimate the wisdom of nations by seeing what they did with their surplus capital.

When it comes to finances, remember that there are no withholding taxes on the wages of sin.