“Most people will never become wealthy in one generation if they are married to people who are wasteful. A couple cannot accumulate wealth if one of its members is a hyperconsumer.”
“Bartering, which still goes on today for those who have no cash or wish to avoid taxation, has obvious drawbacks. These include” the necessity of the double coincidence of wants - both parties in the exchange must want exactly what the other has.”
“He was very happy because he was a wealthy and hard-working man. But one day he became sick, and the doctors old him that only a trip to the country could cure him.”