Investing is most intelligent when it is most businesslike.

Mr. Market's job is to provide you with prices; your job is to decide whether it is to your advantage to act on them. You no not have to trade with hime just because he constantly begs you to.

Before you place your financial future in the hands of an adviser, it's imperative that you find someone who not only makes you comfortable but whose honesty is beyond reproach.

The investor with a portfolio of sound stocks should expect their prices to fluctuate and should neither be concerned by sizable declines nor become excited by sizable advances. He should always remember that market quotations are there for his convenience, either to be taken advantage of or to be ignored.

The true investor... will do better if he forgets about the stock market and pays attention to his dividend returns and to the operation results of his companies.

The distinction between investment and speculation in common stocks has always been a useful one and its disappearance is cause for concern.

An investment operation is one which, upon thorough analysis, promises safety of principal and an adequate return.