Do not blame anybody for your mistakes and failures.

Government is not a substitute for people, but simply the instrument through which they act. And if the individual fails to do his duty as a citizen, government becomes a very deadly instrument indeed.

Age is only a number, a cipher for the records. A man can't retire his experience. He must use it. Experience achieves more with less energy and time.

I never lost money by turning a profit.

Don't try to buy at the bottom and sell at the top. It can't be done except by liars.

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.

Chance sometimes opens the door, but luck belongs to the good players.