“What is the difference between a taxidermist and a tax collector? The taxidermist takes only your skin
“Mathematicians are like Frenchmen: whatever you say to them, they translate it into their own language, and forthwith it means something entirely different
“There are laws to protect the freedom of the press's speech, but none that are worth anything to protect the people from the press
“Agriculture for an honorable and high-minded man, is the best of all occupations or arts by which men procure the means of living
“If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success
“Business is never so healthy as when, like a chicken, it must do a certain amount of scratching around for what it gets
“Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality
“In modern business it is not the crook who is to be feared most, it is the honest man who doesn't know what he is doing
“It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.