1.
If I had learned education I would not have had time to learn anything else.
Cornelius Vanderbilt
2.
Never be a minion, always be an owner.
Cornelius Vanderbilt
3.
I don't care half so much about making money as I do about making my point, and coming out ahead.
Cornelius Vanderbilt
4.
You have undertaken to cheat me. I won't sue you, for the law is too slow. I'll ruin you.
Cornelius Vanderbilt
5.
Never tell anyone what you are going to do till you've done it.
Cornelius Vanderbilt
6.
Law! What do I care about the law? Ain't I got the power?
Cornelius Vanderbilt
7.
I am not afraid of my enemies, but by God, you must look out when you get among your friends.
Cornelius Vanderbilt
8.
There is no friendship in trade.
Cornelius Vanderbilt
9.
I have always served the public to the best of my ability. Why? Because, like every other man, it is to my interest to do so.
Cornelius Vanderbilt
10.
I have been insane on the subject of money-making all my life.
Cornelius Vanderbilt
11.
It is not according to my mode of doing things, to bring a suit against a man that I have the power in my own hands to punish.
Cornelius Vanderbilt
