I resolved to stop accumulating and begin the infinitely more serious and difficult task of wise distribution.

Life is not so much a matter of position as of disposition.

No man can become rich without himself enriching others

There is not such a cradle of democracy upon the earth as the Free Public Library, this republic of letters, where neither rank, office, nor wealth receives the slightest consideration.

I demand riches in definite terms; I have a definite plan for acquiring riches;I am engaged in carrying out my plan, and I am giving an equivalent,in useful service, of the value of those riches I demand.

The battle of life is already half won by the young man who is brought in contact with high officials; and the great aim of every boy should be to do something beyond the sphere of his duties- something which attracts the attention of those over him.

You cannot push any one up a ladder unless he be willing to climb a little himself.