“Whatever men attempt, they seem driven to overdo. When hopes are soaring, I always repeat to myself that two and two still make four.”

Approach each new problem not with a view of finding what you hope will be there, but to get the truth, the realities that must be grappled with.

Only liars manage to always be out during bad times and in during good times.

Those who matter don’t mind, and those who mind don’t matter.

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

We can’t cross that bridge until we come to it, but I always like to lay down a pontoon ahead of time.

Anything that saps the value of savings-and inflation is the worst single threat-is the enemy of the aged and of those who expect to grow old.

I’ll give you the bottom 10% and the top 10% of any move if I get to keep the middle 80%.

Behind the black portent of the new atomic age lies a hope which, seized upon with faith, can work out salvation…

Don’t try to be a jack of all investments. Stick to the field you know best.

You may not like what you find. In that case you are entitled to try to change it. But do not deceive yourself as to what you do find to be the facts of the situation.

Be quick to praise people. People like to praise those who praise them.

Millions saw the apple fall but Newton was the one who asked why.

The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them.

Although the shooting war is over, we are in the midst of a cold war which is getting warmer.

The greatest blessing of our democracy is freedom. But in the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves.

In trading/ investing it’s not about how much you make, but how much you don’t lose

To see how much a company is truly earning on the capital it deploys in its businesses, look beyond EPS to Return on Invested Capital (ROIC).

The investor should be aware that even though safety of its principal and interest may be unquestioned, a long term bond could vary widely in market price in response to changes in interest rates.

The intelligent investor shouldn’t ignore Mr. Market entirely. Instead, you should do business with him- but only to the extent that it serves your interests.

Individuals who cannot master their emotions are ill-suited to profit from the investment process.

If you are shopping for common stocks, choose them the way you would buy groceries, not the way you would buy perfume.

Successful investing is about managing risk, not avoiding it.

…the Federal Reserve has the capacity to operate in domestic money markets to maintain interest rates at a level consistent with our economic goals

It is very much easier for a rich man to invest and grow richer than for the poor man to begin investing at all. And this is also true of nations.