The terror created by weaponry has never stopped men from employing them.

The ability to express an idea is well nigh as important as the idea itself.

Approach each new problem not with a view of finding what you hope will be there, but to get the truth.

Always do one thing less than you think you can do.

If a speculator is correct half of the time, he is hitting a good average. Even being right 3 or 4 times out of 10 should yield a person a fortune if he has the sense to cut his losses quickly on the ventures where he is wrong.

Our problem in money-making or government affairs is how to remain properly venturesome and experimental without making fools of ourselves.

If you have made a mistake cut your losses as quickly as possible.