Do not blame anybody for your mistakes and failures.

None of us can be free of conflict and woe. Even the greatest men have had to accept disappointments as their daily bread. ... The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them.

I get the facts, I study them patiently, I apply imagination.

Learn to take losses quickly and cleanly. There is something about inside information which seems to paralyze a man's reasoning powers. Beware of barbers, beauticians, waiters - or anyone - bringing gifts of 'inside' information or tips. Don't try to be a jack of all investment. Stick to the field you know best.

Never answer a critic, unless he's right.

Two things are bad for the heart - running up stairs and running down people.

No man should think himself a zero, and think he can do nothing about the state of the world.