It is literally true that millions come easier to a trader after he knows how to trade, than hundreds did in the days of his ignorance.

There is the plain fool who does the wrong thing at all times anywhere, but there is the Wall Street fool who thinks he must trade all the time.

My main life lesson from investing: self-interest is the most powerful force on earth, and can get people to embrace and defend almost anything.

I cannot fear to be wrong because I never think I'm wrong until I am proven wrong. In fact, I am uncomfortable unless I am capitalizing my experience.

The average man doesn't wish to be told that it is a bull or a bear market. What he desires is to be told specifically which particular stock to buy or sell. He wants to get something for nothing. He does not wish to work. He doesn't even wish to have to think.

If you can't sleep at night because of your stock market position, then you have gone too far. If this is the case, then sell your position down to the sleeping level.

I know from experience that nobody can give me a tip or a series of tips that will make more money for me than my own judgment.