Do real and permanent good in this world.

Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community.

The men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it.

Give me the life of the boy whose mother is nurse, seamstress, washerwoman, cook, teacher, angel, and saint, all in one, and whose father is guide, exemplar, and friend. No servants to come between. These are the boys who are born to the best fortune.

Pioneering don't pay.

A business is seldom if ever built up except on lines of strictest integrity.

A word, a look, an accent, may affect the destiny not only of individuals, but of nations. He is a bold man who calls anything a trifle.