"There is no class so pitiably wretched as that which possesses money and nothing else."

"No person will make a great business who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit."

"The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell."

"Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community."

"The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty, and all forms of human life."

"Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak."

"I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm then they might have an unlimited power for doing good."

"I felt that a number of people might have questioned my loyalty, but I continue to be a patriotic American."