The injurious agent in cigarettes comes principally from the burning paper wrapper. The substance thereby formed is called "acrolein." It has a violent action on the nerve centers, producing degeneration of the cells of the brain, which is quite rapid among boys. Unlike most narcotics, this degeneration is permanent and uncontrollable. I employ no person who smokes cigarettes.

There is far more danger in public than in private monopoly, for when Government goes into business it can always shift its losses to the taxpayers. Government never makes ends meetand that is the first requisite of business.

The great trouble is that the preachers get the children from six to seven years of age and then it is almost impossible to do anything with them.

I find out what the world needs. Then I go ahead and try to invent it

Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.

No Such Thing as Bad Results

I can never pick up a thing without wishing to improve it.