All my life I have been honest-comparatively honest. I could never use money I had not made honestly-I could only lend it.

Men are like bank accounts. The more money, the more interest they generate.

Beautiful credit! The foundation of modern society. Who shall say that this is not the golden age of mutual trust, of unlimited reliance upon human promises? That is a peculiar condition of society which enables a whole nation to instantly recognize point and meaning in the familiar newspaper anecdote, which puts into the mouth of a distinguished speculator in lands and mines this remark: -- I wasn't worth a cent two years ago, and now I owe two millions of dollars.

How unfortunate and how narrowing a thing it is for a man to have wealth who makes a god of it instead of a servant

If the man doesn't believe as we do, we say he is a crank, and that settles it. I mean, it does nowadays, because now we can't burn him.

In forgiving, people are not being asked to forget. On the contrary, it is important to remember, so that we should not let such atrocities happen again. Forgiveness does not mean condoning what has been done. It means taking what happened seriously...drawing out the sting in the memory that threatens our entire existence.

Well enough for old folks to rise early, because they have done so many mean things all their lives they can't sleep anyhow.