Capital is money, capital is commodities. By virtue of it being value, it has acquired the occult ability to add value to itself. It brings forth living offspring, or, at the least, lays golden eggs.

Although gold and silver are not by nature money, money is by nature gold and silver.

Money degrades all the gods of man and converts them into commodities.

Each piece of money is a mere coin, or means of circulation, only so long as it actually circulates.

Exchange value forms the substance of money, and exchange value is wealth.

Money plays the largest part in determining the course of history.