“I resolved to stop accumulating and begin the infinitely more serious and difficult task of wise distribution”

“Avoid lawsuits beyond all things; they pervert your conscience, impair your health, and dissipate your property”

“As favor and riches forsake a man, we discover in him the foolishness they concealed, and which no one perceived before”

“The way to become rich is to put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket”

“No man can become rich without himself enriching others”

“To give a generous hope to a man of his own nature, is to enrich him immeasurably”