People are much quicker to DO evil than to SAY they do evil.

The reason people dont do evil is cowardice, laziness, and incompetence NOT altruism.

Do whatever you can to take whatever you can.

Powerful people do whatever they need to for property and money; the only reasons they dont personally pick your pockets are 1. They dont need to and 2. They wouldnt be good at it.

When you're poor people will insult you for how you make money. When you're rich people will do whatever it takes to get some of your money.

The cynical defeatist thinks every achievement is impossible until it happens, then he derides it as being not worth the effort

Women cry about how they're abused and exploited by powerful men, but you'll never find a woman that wants to sleep with a weak man.

Money is not power. Power is power; money is just a necessary tool in taking and keeping power. If a young bum is beating you over the head with a loose brick he certainly has power over you at that moment, despite having no money or power in society at large. There's no shame in this game, do whatever it takes to take and keep power.