洛克菲勒談賺錢：美國史上第一位億萬富豪的致富語錄與書信【中英對照】

我知道，一個人若是每日醒來就把時間花費在賺錢上面，為了賺錢而賺錢，沒有什麼比這件事更令人鄙視與悲哀了。
I know of nothing more despicable and pathetic than a man who devotes all the hours of the waking day to the making of money for money’s sake.
 
賺錢之道就是趁街上血流成河時買進。
The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.
 
你會發現（金錢）即使不是最好的朋友，也是你朋友當中最好的。
You will find [money] the best of friends ── if not the best friend── you have.
 
一個人的財富必須取決於他的慾望與支出、收入的關係。如果他只要十美元就覺得很富有，並擁有想要的一切，那麼他真的很富有。
A man’s wealth must be determined by the relation of his desires and expenditures to his income. If he feels rich on ten dollars, and has everything else he desires, he really is rich.
 
如果你的唯一目標是致富的話，那你永遠不會實現。
If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.
 
你知道什麼事情會讓老祖宗痛苦不堪嗎？就是當他們知道你們之中有任何人變得揮霍無度、奢侈浪費、對於他的錢財毫不在乎的時候。
Do you know what would hurt grandfather a great deal? to know that any of you boys should become wasteful, extravagant, careless with his money.