Fear tends to manifest itself much more quickly than greed, so volatile markets tend to be on the downside. In up markets, volatility tends to gradually decline.

Let's hope the first comes first.

You can no more make someone tell the truth than you can force someone to love you.

The secret to living in the rush of the world with a minimum of pain is to get as many people as possible to string along with your delusions.

My God! The English language is a form of communication! Conversation isn't just crossfire where you shoot and get shot at! Where you've got to duck for your life and aim to kill! Words aren't only bombs and bullets — no, they're little gifts, containing meanings!

The signore...wishes her to begin at the beginning.

This is what you know about someone you have to hate: he charges you with his crime and castigates himself in you.