The grandchildren should not bear the debts of the grandparents.

Aesthetics, ethics, and many good things in humans are contagious.

The traits I respect are erudition and the courage to stand up when half-men are afraid for their reputation. Any idiot can be intelligent.

What kills me makes others stronger.

If you let markets - in general, my belief is that if you let markets give you information, they'll give you the information rather than artificially prop up everything.

Work hard, not in grunt work, but in chasing such opportunities and maximizing exposure to them. This makes living in big cities invaluable because you increase the odds of serendipitous encounters-you gain exposure to the envelope of serendipity.

The grandchildren should not bear the debts of the grandparents.