No sooner had he shown to others the way to fortune, than he had plenty of imitators.

But they did not possess his rare genius for organisation, nor perhaps his still rarer principles.
They had not his tact, his foresight, his knowledge, nor his perseverance.

When Bianconi was asked by the Select Committee on Postage, "Do the opposition cars started against you induce you to reduce your fares ?" his answer was, "No; I seldom do.

Our fares are so close to the first cost, that if any man runs cheaper than I do, he must starve off, as few can serve the public lower and better than I do."[3] Bianconi was once present at a meeting of car proprietors, called for the purpose of uniting to put down a new opposition coach.

Bianconi would not concur, but protested against it, saying, "If car proprietors had united against me when I started, I should have been crushed.