Never be a minion, always be an owner.

If I had learned education I would not have had time to learn anything else.

I don't care half so much about making money as I do about making my point, and coming out ahead.

You have undertaken to cheat me. I won't sue you, for the law is too slow. I'll ruin you.

Never tell anyone what you are going to do till you've done it.

Law! What do I care about the law? Ain't I got the power?

I am not afraid of my enemies, but by God, you must look out when you get among your friends.

There is no friendship in trade.

I have always served the public to the best of my ability. Why? Because, like every other man, it is to my interest to do so.

I have been insane on the subject of money-making all my life.

It is not according to my mode of doing things, to bring a suit against a man that I have the power in my own hands to punish.

Love words, agonize over sentences. And pay

There are plenty of maxims in the world; all that remains is to apply them.

Sublime wonders lie in store,I am shown a regal residence;a mighty kingdom, an empirewith more grandeur than before.

What was the use of my having come from Oakland it was not natural to have come from there yes write about it if I like or anything if I like but not there, there is no there there.

Peace is first of all the art of being.

Living wild species are like a library of books still unread. Our heedless destruction of them is akin to burning the library without ever having read its books.

We are accountable for our actions as we exercise our moral agency. If we understand this principle and make righteous choices, our lives will be blessed.

I'm not too good when exposed to people

The May-pole is up, Now give me the cup; I'll drink to the garlands around it; But first unto those Whose hands did compose The glory of flowers that crown'd it.

Democracy is just a filler for textbooks! Do you actually believe that public opinion influences the government?