The principles of successful stock speculation are based on the supposition that people will continue in the future to make the mistakes that they have made in the past.

It never was my thinking that made the big money for me. It was always my sitting. Got that? My sitting tight!

One of the most helpful things that any body can learn is to give up trying to catch the last eighth - or the first. These two are the most expensive eighths in the world.

If a man didn't make mistakes he'd own the world in a month.But if he didn't profit by his mistakes he wouldn't own a blessed thing.

Being broke is a very efficient educational agency.

The big money in booms is always made first by the public - on paper. And it remains on paper.

When it comes to selling stocks, it is plain that nobody can sell unless somebody wants those stocks.If you operate on a large scale you will have to bear that in mind all the time.

The public always wants to be told.

The game taught me the game.

In fact, of all hoodoos in Wall Street I think the resolve to induce the stock market to act as a fairy godmother is the busiest and most persistent.

That is one trouble about trading on a large scale.You cannot sneak out as you can when you pike along.

Age appears best in four things: old wood to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust and old authors to read.

She was a restless soul. Born with black wings and a gypsy heart.

Someone who lives vicariously will never be truly happy because they're not happy with themselves.

A wise person makes one error, and learns ten lessons.He makes two errors, and learns twenty lessons.He makes three errors, and learns thirty lessons.He makes few errors, and learns countless lessons.

I have never in my career embarked on a journey towards controversy. I have never deliberately set a flame.

The world is not a factory and animals are not products for our use

Let's get back to work and make another run at it!

The Master said, “A true gentleman is one who has set his heart upon the Way. A fellow who is ashamed merely of shabby clothing or modest meals is not even worth conversing with.” (Analects 4.9)

Sometimes art is just about getting a reaction, that's really the end-all be-all.

Be rich for yourself and poor to your friends.