If you look carefully, almost all Old Money secrets can be traced to a single source: a longer-term outlook.

Central planning doesn't work. A little bit of it is a drag. A lot is fatal.

No man bears more responsibility for the present worldwide financial crisis and coming depression than Alan Greenspan.

People do not get what they want or what they expect from the markets; they get what they deserve.

People are upset. They know something is wrong. But they don't know what. The real explanation is too complicated. They won't sit still for it. So, they look for scapegoats - the rich...the banks...the Chinese.

You can forget about recovery. There is no recovery - and there's not going to be any recovery. Recovery is an impossibility.

A man's wealth can...also be measured by what he doesn't have and doesn't want. When he wants little, he is a rich man.