It is more difficult to give money away intelligently than to earn it in the first place.

There is not such a cradle of democracy upon the earth as the Free Public Library, this republic of letters, where neither rank, office, nor wealth receives the slightest consideration.

The more difficult a problem becomes, the more interesting it is.

He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave.

All honor's wounds are self-inflicted.

I have never known a concern to make a decided success that did not do good, honest work, and even in these days of fiercest competition, when everything would seem to be a matter of price, there lies still at the root of great business success the very much more important factor of quality. The effect of attention to quality, upon every man in the service, from the president of the concern down to the humblest laborer, cannot be overestimated.

It is more difficult to give money away intelligently than to earn it in the first place.