EMPLOYEE—"I don't like your methods of doing business, Mr. Grafton. I resign."
"PRACTICAL" BUSINESS MAN (sneeringly)—"You're a holier-than-thou guy, eh?"
EMPLOYEE—"No; merely a square peg in a crooked hole."—Puck.
A New York lawyer tells of a conversation that occurred in his presence between a bank president and his son who was about to leave for the West, there to engage in business on his own account.
"Son," said the father, "on this, the threshold of your business life, I desire to impress one thought upon your mind: Honesty, ever and always, is the policy that is best."
"Yes, father," said the young man.
"And, by the way," added the gray-beard, "I would advise you to read up a little on corporation law. It will amaze you to discover how many things you can do in a business way and still be honest."
"Dod-burn the luck!" snarled old Gideon Cronk, glaring at the clock. "That confounded bank is closed! That's a thunderin' pretty howdy-do!"