"Old age is far more than white hair, wrinkles, the feeling that it is too late and the game finished, that the stage belongs to the rising generations. The true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul."

"Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold."

"Business is a combination of war and sport."

"We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love and gunpowder."

"When ambition meets humility, we find that wisdom is knowing when to speak and when to listen."

"Sometimes your best investments are the ones you don't make."

"But I'll tell you what hermits realize. If you go off into a far, far forest and get very quiet, you'll come to understand that you're connected with everything."

"Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions they pass no criticisms."