“The most peaceable way for you, if you do take a thief, is, to let him show himself what he is and steal out of your company.”

“A guide, on finding a man who has lost his way, brings him back to the right path—he does not mock and jeer at him and then take himself off. You also must show the unlearned man the truth, and you will see that he will follow. But so long as you do not show it him, you should not mock, but rather feel your own incapacity.”

“The thief you must fear the most is not the one who steals mere things.”

“The robb'd that smiles, steals something from the thief; He robs himself that spends a bootless grief.”

“Fella in business got to lie an' cheat, but he calls it somepin else. That's what's important. You go steal that tire an' you're a thief, but he tried to steal your four dollars for a busted tire. They call that sound business.”

“That boy is your company. And if he wants to eat up that tablecloth, you let him, you hear?”