Things always become obvious after the fact

Also, it's good to have more than one profession, in case your own profession goes out of style. A Wall Street trader who's also a belly dancer will do a lot better than a trader who winds up driving a taxi.

The opposite of fragile is something that gains from disorder.

I want them poor and they deserve to be poor. You can't have capitalism without punishment.

To become a philosopher, start by walking very slowly.

A good maxim allows you to have the last word without even starting a conversation.

Probability is not a mere computation of odds on the dice or more complicated variants; it is the acceptance of the lack of certainty in our knowledge and the development of methods for dealing with our ignorance.