Dress your best on your execution day. Be extremely courteous to your assistant when you lose money. Try not to blame others for your fate, even if they deserve blame. Never exhibit any self-pity. Do not complain.

Procrastination is the soul rebelling against entrapment.

You don't become completely free by just avoiding being a slave; you also need to avoid becoming a master.

Don't disturb complicated systems that have been around for a very long time. We don't understand their logic. Don't pollute the planet. Leave it the way we found it, regardless of scientific 'evidence'.

Fragility is the quality of things that are vulnerable to volatility.

Modernity has replaced ethics with legalese, and the law can be gamed with a good lawyer.

When I trade, I don't have an agency problem; I have my neck on the line. When a bank or banker trades, it's not his neck on the line.