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

A library outranks any other one thing a community can do to benefit its people. It is a never failing spring in the desert.

There is scarcely an instance of a man who has made a fortune by speculation and kept it

Every man gravitates to where he belongs in life, just as surely as water seeks and finds its level. His position is measured precisely by the quality and quantity of the service he renders, plus the mental attitude with which he relates himself to other people.

Ninety percent of all millionaires become so through owning real estate.

I spent the first half of my life making money and the second half of my life giving it away to do the most good and the least harm.

I would as soon leave my son a curse as the almighty dollar.