Whatever men attempt, they seem driven to overdo. When hopes are soaring, I always repeat to myself that two and two still make four.
If you have made a mistake cut your losses as quickly as possible.
One of the secrets of a long and fruitful life is to forgive everybody everything everynight before you go to bed.
Most of the successful people I know mostly listen, not talk.
It is far more difficult... to know when to sell a stock than when to buy.
Whatever failures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies I have witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of action without thought.