All the other pleasures of life seem to wear out, but the pleasure of helping others in distress never does.

I can testify that it is nearly always easier to make $1,000,000 honestly than to dispose of it wisely.

Do not be fooled into believing that because a man is rich he is necessarily smart. There is ample proof to the contrary.

Benevolence today has become altogether too huge an undertaking to be conducted otherwise than on business lines.

All the other pleasures of life seem to wear out, but the pleasure of helping others in distress never does.

Rich men are neither better nor worse than all other humans. They contribute to greatness or mediocrity, strength of character or weakness in exactly the same proportion as persons in all other walks of life do.

Early in my business career I learned the folly of worrying about anything. I have always worked as hard as I could, but when a thing went wrong and could not be righted, I dismissed it from my mind.