“Then the time comes,” said Herbert, “when you see your opening. And you go in, and you swoop upon it and you make your capital, and then there you are! When you have once made your capital, you have nothing to do but employ it.”
– Charles Dickens
Great Expectations, Chapter 22. Herbert is talking to Pip about his future and his big dreams of being a successful capitalist. He sees himself seizing an opportunity when it opens up for him and making money from it to invest in further opportunities.