Suckers try to win arguments, nonsuckers try to win.

The imagination of the genius vastly surpasses his intellect; the intellect of the academic vastly surpasses his imagination

Don't ask the barber whether you need a haircut, and don't ask an academic if what he does is relevant.

Success is becoming in middle adulthood what you dreamed to be in late childhood.

We cannot truly plan, because we do not understand the future-but this is not necessarily a bad news. We could plan while bearing in mind such limitations. It just takes guts.

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

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.