The price which society pays for the law of competition, like the price it pays for cheap comforts and luxuries, is great; but the advantages of this law are also greater still than its cost- for it is to this law that we owe our wonderful material development, which brings improved conditions in its train.

And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department.

I wish to have as my epitaph: 'Here lies a man who was wise enough to bring into his service men who knew more than he.'

Pittsburgh entered the core of my heart when I was a boy and cannot be torn out.

Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised.

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

I will give a million dollars for any convincing proof of a future life.