Rockefeller made his money in oil, which he discovered at the bottom of wells. Oil was considered crude in those days, but so was Rockefeller. Now both are considered quite refined.

That money talks, I'll not deny, I heard it once: It said, 'Goodbye'.

A rumor is one thing that gets thicker instead of thinner as it is spread.

I've suffered from all of the hang-ups known, and none is as bad as the telephone.

Rather than earn money, it was Thoreau's idea to reduce his wants so that he would not need to buy anything. As he went around preaching this ingenious idea, the shopkeepers of Concord hoped he would drop dead.

It is all right to hold a conversation but you should let go of it now and then.

Of late I appear To have reached that stage When people who look old Who are only my age.