Believing that fundamental conditions of the country are sound ... my son and I have for some days been purchasing sound common stocks

I'm glad I wrote the book to show what I found out about the [ Standard Oil Company]. I'm glad many people read my book and found out the truth.

The man who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won't succeed, you must have a larger ambition.

When a man has accumulated a sum of money, accumulated it within the law, the Government has no right to share in its earnings.

I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people's efforts than 100% of my own efforts.

I raised my prices since there wasn't any competition it was just the smart thing to do. Why would I keep my prices up if their wasn't anyone to beat?

The common denominator for success is work.