A man's wealth must be determined by the relation of his desires and expenditures to his income. If he feels rich on ten dollars, and has everything else he desires, he really is rich.

The major fortunes in America have been made in land.

The only question with wealth is, what do you do with it?

I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.

I never said that I wanted to be the only company, is it my fault that I ran my company well? Wouldn't you want the best for your company? Also consider that I started of small.

If my name were John D Smith IV I wouldn't have been elected to anything.

Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It's to see my dividends coming in.