“Marketing is what you do when your product is no good.”

“It never was my thinking that made the big money for me. It always was my sitting. Got that? My sitting tight! It is no trick at all to be right on the market. You always find lots of early bulls in bull markets and early bears in bear markets. I've known many men who were right at exactly the right time, and began buying or selling stocks when prices were at the very level which should show the greatest profit. And their experience invariably matched mine--that is, they made no real money out of it. Men who can both be right and sit tight are uncommon.”

“For all your days prepare, And meet them ever alike: When you are the anvil, bear-When you are the hammer, strike.”

“For all your years prepare,And meet them ever alike;When you are the anvil, bear--When you are the hammer, strike.”

“Space echoes like an immense tomb, yet the stars still burn. Why does the sun take so long to die ?”

“Spiders evidently as surprised by the weather as the rest of us: their webs were still everywhere - little silken laundry lines with perfect snowflakes hung out in rows to dry.”

“There's something about these obscure vignettes of former lives that's very powerful. Our woods are full of old cellar holes, tumbled-down chimneys, ancient scraggly lilacs absurdly tall still stretching toward the light.”