I think you have to learn that there's a company behind every stock, and that there's only one real reason why stocks go up. Companies go from doing poorly to doing well or small companies grow to large companies.

During the Gold Rush, most would-be miners lost money, but people who sold them picks, shovels, tents and blue-jeans (Levi Strauss) made a nice profit.

You have to keep your priorities straight if you plan to do well in stocks.

In the long run, it's not just how much money you make that will determine your future prosperity. It's how much of that money you put to work by saving it and investing it.

Know what you own, and know why you own it.

Stocks are a safe bet, but only if you stay invested long enough to ride out the corrections.

I don't know anyone who said on their deathbed: 'Gee, I wish I'd spent more time at the office.'