"If money, education, and honesty will not bring to me as much privilege, as much equality as they bring to any American citizen, then they are to me a curse, and not a blessing"

"Prestige is the shadow of money and power"

"A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it"

"Education is a private matter between the person and the world of knowledge and experience, and has little to do with school or college"

"You can't get rid of poverty by giving people money"

"Economy does not lie in sparing money, but in spending it wisely"

"Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten"

"The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows"

"Given the choice, children who don't want for anything will not save... We have an obligation as parents to give our children what they need. What they want we can give them as a special gift, or they can save their money for it"

"Success isn't about how much money you make; it's about the difference you make in people's lives"

"Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run"