Private Property, the Law of Accumulation of Wealth, and the Law of Competition... these are the highest results of human experience, the soil in which society so far has produced the best fruit.

I choose free libraries as the best agencies for improving the masses of the people, because they give nothing for nothing. They only help those who help themselves.

Be king in your dreams. Make your vow that you will reach that position, with untarnished reputation, and make no other vow to distract your attention.

There is nothing that robs a righteous cause of its strength more than a millionaire's money.

I don't believe in God. My God is patriotism. Teach a man to be a good citizen and you have solved the problem of life.

When fate hands us a lemon, let's try to make lemonade.

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