The secret to happiness is having low expectations.

All I have to do is think and not be influenced by others.

When they get their ego involved, people do things they shouldn't do.

If you do smart things and use leverage and do one wrong thing along the way, it could wipe you out, because anything times zero is zero. But it's reinforcing when the people around you are doing it successfully, you're doing it successfully, and it's a lot like Cinderella at the ball.

The important thing is to keep playing, to play against weak opponents and to play for big stakes.

Government can't deliver a free lunch to the country as a whole. It can, however, determine who pays for lunch. And last week the Senate handed the bill to the wrong party... the poor and middle class.

Rule No.1: Never lose money. Rule No.2: Never forget rule No.1.