“There's no reason to be the richest man in the cemetery. You can't do any business from there.”

“I don't fear that a man will wear out as quickly as he will rust out.”

“I've only had two rules: Do all you can and do it the best you can. It's the only way you ever get that feeling of accomplishing something.”

“No hours, nor amount of labor, nor amount of money would deter me from giving the best that there was in me.”

“The food I've liked in my time is American country cookin'.”

“There's no reason to be the richest man in the cemetery. You can't do any business from there.”