I do not regard a broker as a member of the human race.
Gambling with cards or dice or stocks is all one thing. It's getting money without giving an equivalent for it.
Our favorite holding period is forever.
Spend not on hopes.
It's not the bulls and bears you need to avoid -- it's the bum steers.
The social object of skilled investment should be to defeat the dark forces of time and ignorance which envelope our future.
'Tis money that begets money.
Never invest your money in anything that eats or needs repairing.
Money itself isn't lost or made, it's simply transferred from one perception to another. This painting here. I bought it 10 years ago for 60 thousand dollars. I could sell it today for 600. The illusion has become real and the more real it becomes, the more desperately they want it.
Sometimes your best investments are the ones you don't make.
With an evening coat and a white tie, anybody, even a stock broker, can gain a reputation for being civilized.