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

"You cannot push anyone up the ladder unless he is willing to climb himself."

"The first thing I ever earned, when I was 13 years of age, was one dollar and twenty cents a week, and I was the happiest boy on earth."

"It is not the rich man's son that is most likely to make a great career for himself, but the poor boy who has to struggle for every step he takes."

"The man who dies thus rich dies disgraced."