To kill a man will be considered as disgusting [in the twentieth century] as we in this day consider it disgusting to eat one.

If thou dost not sow, thou shalt not reap.

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

The sole purpose of being rich is to give away money.

Take away my people, but leave my factories and soon grass will grow on the factory floors......Take away my factories, but leave my people and soon we will have a new and better factory.

I have had a long, long life full of troubles, but there is one curious fact about them-nine-tenths of them never happened.

The man who dies rich, dies disgraced.