There is no such thing in the world as luck. There never was a man who could go out in the morning and find a purse full of gold in the street to-day, and another to-morrow, and so on, day after day: He may do so once in his life; but so far as mere luck is concerned, he is as liable to lose it as to find it.

You can fool most of the people most of the time.

In the United States, where we have more land than people, it is not at all difficult for persons in good health to make money.

We cannot all see alike, but we can all do good.

How were the receipts today in Madison Square Garden ?

Without publicity a terrible thing happens: nothing.

Money-getters are the benefactors of our race. To them ... are we indebted for our institutions of learning, and of art, our academies, colleges and churches.