“Money followed; it never led.”

“Life is random, neither fair nor unfair.”

“It didn't matter how big our house was; it mattered that there was love in it.”

“In some ways, it's easier to settle for someone else's version of success than to risk falling short at one's own.”

“Rule No. 1 : Never lose money. Rule No. 2 : Never forget Rule No. 1.”

“If past history was all that is needed to play the game of money, the richest people would be librarians.”

“Gold is a way of going long on fear, and it has been a pretty good way of going long on fear from time to time. But you really have to hope people become more afraid in a year or two years than they are now. And if they become more afraid you make money, if they become less afraid you lose money, but the gold itself doesn’t produce anything.”