Persevere towards those objectives which are lighted for us by all the wisdom and inspiration of the past.

Outsized returns come from betting against conventional wisdom, but conventional wisdom is usually right.

Silence is sometimes the best answer.

Perhaps we make too much of what is wrong and too little of what is right. The trouble with gloom is that it feeds upon itself and depression causes more depression.

A ship is always safe at the shore - but that is NOT what it is built for.

The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.