"The law of competition, therefore, it may be said, is here, for the present, at least, and for the individual, beneficial, because it insures the survival of the fittest in every department."

"The only thing that any man can do for a man is to give him a chance to help himself."

"Wealth, and all that it brings, is not an end in itself, but a means to an end."

"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire."

"The man who dies thus rich dies disgraced."