“The business schools reward difficult complex behavior more than simple behavior, but simple behavior is more effective.”

Forecasts may tell you a great deal about the forecaster; they tell you nothing about the future.

Never test the depth of river with both the feet.

Outstanding long-term results are produced primarily by avoiding dumb decisions, rather than by making brilliant ones.

Wall Street is the only place that people drive to in a Rolls Royce to take advice from people who ride the subway.

Writing a check separates a commitment from a conversation.

Other guys read Playboy. I read annual reports.

The key to success is emotional stability.

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

Buy a stock the way you would buy a house. Understand and like it such that you’d be content to own it in the absence of any market.

Buy a stock the way you would buy a house. Understand and like it such that you’d be content to own it in the absence of any market.

It’s good to learn from your mistakes. It’s better to learn from other people’s mistakes.

Never be afraid to ask for too much when selling or offer too little when buying.

Money is not everything. Make sure you earn a lot before speaking such nonsense.

Never depend on single income. Make investment to create a second source.

Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken.

Failing conventionally is the route to go; as a group, lemmings may have a rotten image, but no individual lemming has ever received bad press.

People who comment on others’ behaviour the most are the ones who need to take out time to study themselves first.

The only thing you can control is your behaviour with others.

Humans create the illusion of people through their stories.

If you want to be respected for your actions, then your behavior must be above reproach. If our lives demonstrate that we are peaceful, humble, and trusted, this is recognized by others.

We ought so to behave to one another as to avoid making enemies of our friends, and at the same time to make friends of our enemies.

The behavior of a human being in sexual matters is often a prototype for the whole of his other modes of reaction in life.

Were we fully to understand the reasons for other people’s behavior, it would all make sense.

Morality cannot be legislated, but behavior can be regulated. Judicial decrees may not change the heart, but they can restrain the heartless.