'Tis money that begets money.
Gambling with cards or dice or stocks is all one thing. It's getting money without giving an equivalent for it.
I do not regard a broker as a member of the human race.
It's not the bulls and bears you need to avoid — it's the bum steers.
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.
Never invest your money in anything that eats or needs repairing.
Our favorite holding period is forever.
Sometimes your best investments are the ones you don't make.
Spend not on hopes.
The social object of skilled investment should be to defeat the dark forces of time and ignorance which envelope our future.
With an evening coat and a white tie, anybody, even a stock broker, can gain a reputation for being civilized.