Words ought to be a little wild, for they are the assault of thoughts on the unthinking.

It is ideas, not vested interests, which are dangerous for good or evil.

Most men love money and security more, and creation and construction less, as they get older.

... a speculator is one who runs risks of which he is aware and an investor is one who runs risks of which he is unaware.

Morally and philosophically I find myself in agreement with virtually the whole of it: and not only in agreement with it, but in deeply moved agreement.

An investor who proposes to ignore near-term market fluctuations needs greater resources for safety and must not operate on so large a scale, if at all, with borrowed money.

Americans are apt to be unduly interested in discovering what average opinion believes average opinion to be.