The four most dangerous words in investing are: 'this time it's different.'
I have learnt how to live... how to be in the world and of the world, and not just to stand aside and watch.
A rich man's body is like a premium cotton pillow, white and soft and blank. Ours are different. My father's spine was a knotted rope, and the skin on his chest was so thin that you could see the ribs pressing out against it.
"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."