"I believe that thrift is essential to well-ordered living, and that economy is a prime requisite of a sound financial structure, whether in government, business or personal affairs."

"The best business in the world is a well run oil company."

"I would rather be a beggar and spend my time in the open air than to be shut up in the vaults of a bank."

"It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy."

"The impression that we were a lot of greedy adventurers, or that we had a purpose to do anything wrong, was, of course, absolutely untrue."