Gold has worked down from Alexander's time... When something holds good for two thousand years I do not believe it can be so because of prejudice or mistaken theory.

We are living in a highly organized state of socialism. The state is all; the individual is of importance only as he contributes to the welfare of the state. His property is only his as the state does not need it. He must hold his life and his possessions at the call of the state.

The main purpose of the stock market is to make fools of as many men as possible.

I am interested in physical medicine because my father was. I am interested in medical research because I believe in it. I am interested in arthritis because I have it.

A speculator is a man who observes the future, and acts before it occurs.

Old books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than should old friends who have ceased to give pleasure.

We can't cross that bridge until we come to it, but I always like to lay down a pontoon ahead of time.