My idea of the real aristocrat is the master workman, no matter what his line of work may be.

The man who will neither play nor do business unless everything is just to his liking and notions, retards rather than contributes to progress.

Get over the idea that only children should spend their time in study. Be a student so long as you still have something to learn, and this will mean all your life.

A great man is one who can have power and not abuse it.

Those who do the most for the world's advancement are the ones who demand the least.

As civilization progresses, we should improve our laws basically, not superficially. Many things that are lawful are highly immoral and some things which are moral are unlawful.

There ought to be more scrupulous honesty in big business men than in any other human relation. For big business requires teamwork on a gigantic scale.