A hyperactive stock market is the pickpocket of enterprise.

Don't pass up something that's attractive today because you think you will find something way more attractive tomorrow.

I buy expensive suits - they just look cheap on me.

Shares are not mere pieces of paper. They represent part ownership of a business. So, when contemplating an investment, think like a prospective owner.

Look at market fluctuations as your friend rather than your enemy; profit from folly rather than participate in it.

In the search [of a deal], we adopt the same attitude one might find appropriate in looking for a spouse: It pays to be active, interested, and open-minded, but it does not pay to be in a hurry.

It's just that I landed up in a terrific capitalist system. One that pays people who allocate capital extraordinarily well. Intrinsically, I'm not worth as much as somebody who invents something that could improves people's life, or health or whatever.