When bills come due, only cash is legal tender. Don't leave home without it.

The purpose of life is to be loved by as many people as possible among those you want to have love you

Only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked.

When you build a bridge, you insist that it can carry 30,000 pounds, but you only drive 10,000-pound trucks across it. And that same principle works in investing.

Anything can happen anytime in markets. And no advisor, economist, or TV commentator-and definitely not Charlie nor I-can tell you when chaos will occur. Market forecasters will fill your ear but will never fill your wallet.

Do what you love and work for whom you admire the most, and you've given yourself the best chance in life you can.

We have embraced the 21st century by entering such cutting-edge industries as brick, carpet, insulation and paint. Try to control your excitement.