There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, read more

There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings.

Economics is first and foremost about the thoughts leading up to choice.

Economics is first and foremost about the thoughts leading up to choice.

He who lives by the crystal ball soon learns to eat ground glass.

He who lives by the crystal ball soon learns to eat ground glass.

Utility is our national shibboleth: the savior of the American businessman is fact and his uterine half-brother, statistics.

Utility is our national shibboleth: the savior of the American businessman is fact and his uterine half-brother, statistics.

Nothing hurts more than having to pay an income tax, unless it is not having to pay an income tax.

Nothing hurts more than having to pay an income tax, unless it is not having to pay an income tax.

Each man is the smith of his own fortune.

Each man is the smith of his own fortune.

Sudden money is going from zero to two hundred dollars a week. The rest doesn't count.

Sudden money is going from zero to two hundred dollars a week. The rest doesn't count.

Money may kindle, but it cannot by itself, and for very long, burn.

Money may kindle, but it cannot by itself, and for very long, burn.

It is time that financial types developed a greater tolerance for imprecision, because that’s the way the world is.

It is time that financial types developed a greater tolerance for imprecision, because that’s the way the world is.