Thomas Mellon

“Waste of time is the most extravagant and costly of all expenses.”

“In all my experience I have found that it is the man who is the most careful of his money who is the most successful.”

“Any man who has been a success in business is a man who has been able to see a little bit further ahead than the other fellow.”

“System, order, and punctuality are the cardinal virtues of business.”

“The man who is not a saving man is not a man who is going to be a rich man.”

“I saw that the men who had got along were the men who had saved their money and invested it.”

“A man’s first duty is to himself. His second duty is to his family. His third duty is to the State.”

“It is only the farmer who is genuinely a producer. And the farmer is the only man in our economy who is not overpaid.”

“A man's first duty is to make a fortune, and his second duty is to keep it.”

“The great object of life is to get on, to make a name and a fortune.”

“I had got into the way of watching and studying the secret of success in others.”

“According to my experience, it is more difficult to keep a fortune than to make it.”

“Throwing money away is not a method of accumulation.”

“The great majority of our wealthy men and eminent men in every department of life are of the poor boy class.”

“Honesty, industry, and sobriety are the cardinal virtues of a young man.”

“The acquisition of wealth is a duty.”