“America has never forgotten – and never will forget – the nobler things that brought her into being and that light her path…”

The main purpose of the stock market is to make fools of as many men as possible.

Learn to take losses quickly and cleanly. There is something about inside information which seems to paralyze a man’s reasoning powers.

If a speculator is correct half of the time, he is hitting a good average.

No man should think himself a zero, and think he can do nothing about the state of the world.

I never lost money by turning a profit.

Let us not be deceived we are today in the midst of a cold war.

Increased wages, higher pensions, more unemployment insurance, all are of no avail if the purchasing power of money falls faster.

Most of the successful people I know mostly listen, not talk.

Most of the successful people I’ve known are the ones who do more listening than talking.

Buy straw hats in the wintertime. Summer will surely come.

When beggars and shoeshine boys, barbers and beauticians can tell you how to get rich it is time to remind yourself that there is no more dangerous illusion than the belief that one can get something for nothing.

The longer I operated on Wall Street the more distrustful I became of tips and inside information of every kind. Given time, I believe that inside information can break the Bank of England

A man can’t retire his experience.

Recipe for success: Be polite, prepare yourself for whatever you are asked to do, keep yourself tidy, be cheerful, don’t be envious, be honest with yourself so you will be honest with others, be helpful, interest yourself in your job.

A speculator is a man who observes the future, and acts before it occurs.

Bears don’t live on Park Avenue.

Maturity – among other things, the unclouded happiness of the child at play, who takes it for granted that he is at one with his play-mates.

Maturity: knowing where you’re crazy, trying to warn others of the fact and striving to keep yourself under control.

Maturity: the confidence to have no opinions on many things.

In the journey of the year, the autumn is Venice, spring is Naples, certainly, and the majestic maturity of summer is Rome.

We do not mature through age. We mature in awareness.

People are anxious to save up financial means for old age; they should also be anxious to prepare a spiritual means for old age….

Wisdom, maturity, tranquility do not come all of a sudden when we retire.

The maturing process of becoming a writer is akin to that of a harlot. First you do it for love, then for a few friends, and finally only for money.