All honor's wounds are self-inflicted.

There is no class so pitiably wretched as that which possesses money and nothing else.

I shall argue that strong men, conversely, know when to compromise and that all principles can be compromised to serve a greater principle.

Anything in life worth having is worth working for.

The man of business knows that only by years of patient, unremitting attention to affairs can he earn his reward, which is the result, not of chance, but of well-devised means for the attainment of ends.

Success is the power to acquire whatever one demands of life without violating the rights of others.

The man of wealth [should] consider all surplus revenues which come to him simply as trust funds, which he is called upon to administer to produce the most beneficial results for the community - the man of wealth thus becoming the mere trustee and agent for his poorer brethren, bringing to their service his superior wisdom, experience and ability to administer, doing for them better than that they would or could do for themselves.