I believe that thrift is essential to well-ordered living.

The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well.

Think of giving not only as a duty but as a privilege.

A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.

My mother was given to a typical question: "We have always done this. Why should we do anything else?" But my wife's typical question was "We have always done this. Why don't we do it another way or, better still, why not do something else?"

The best philanthropy is constantly in search of the finalities-a search for a cause, an attempt to cure evils at their source.

It is very important to remember what other people tell you, not so much what you yourself already know.