Never take advice from someone wearing a tie.

Most people are sceptical about the wrong things and gullible about the wrong things.

Never ask anyone for their opinion, forecast, or recommendation. Just ask them what they have—or don’t have—in their portfolio.

Is the economy something organic or is it something engineered? I think it's closer to the organic. You harm it by artificially suppressing volatility in it.

What I learned on my own I still remember

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

Read books are far less valuable than unread ones.