"Of all forms of tyranny the least attractive and the most vulgar is the tyranny of mere wealth, the tyranny of plutocracy."

"When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all."

"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing."

"Spend and be spent."

"No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency."

"The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it."

"Be not astonished at new ideas; for it is well known to you that a thing does not therefore cease to be true because it is not accepted by many."

"You will find it a very good practice always to verify your references sir."

"It becomes a bore doing imaginative books that do not touch imaginations, and at length one stops even planning them."

"Girls should be brought up to be comrades and helpers, not to be dolls. They should take a real and not a visionary share in the welfare of the nation."

"The journey of a thousand leagues begins from beneath your feet."

"Yes, I don鈥檛 know why, but I have never been disappointed, and I often was in the early days, without feeling at the same time, or a moment later, an undeniable relief."