Society can progress if men's labors show a profit - if they yield more than is put in. To produce at a loss must leave less for all to share.

The longer I operated on Wall Street the more distrustful I became of tips and inside information of every kind. Given time, I believe that inside information can break the Bank of England

Even when we know what is right, too often we fail to act. More often we grab greedily for the day, letting tomorrow bring what it will, putting off the unpleasant and unpopular.

Never play tips from "insiders." They can't see the forest for the trees.

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

Information cannot serve as an effective substitute for thinking.

Those who matter don't mind, and those who mind don't matter.