Education makes the wise slightly wiser, but it makes the fool vastly more dangerous.

An erudite is someone who displays less than he knows; a journalist or consultant the opposite.

The opposite of fragile is something that gains from disorder.

I no longer care about the financial system. I gave them my roadmap. OK? Thanks, bye. I've no idea what's going on. I'm disconnected. I'm totally disengaged.

Read books are far less valuable than unread ones. The library should contain as much of what you do not know as your financial means, mortgage rates, and the currently tight real-estate market alow you to put there.

We should ban banks from risk-taking because society is going to pay the price.

Stoicism is about the *domestication* of emotions, not their elimination.