"The year 2008 was a reminder to those who had forgotten that there is such a thing as history and that the cycle of famine and feast in commerce, first identified in antiquity and well understood in the Middle Ages, was not suddenly abolished in modern times."

"To make a love story, you need a couple of young people, but to reflect on the nature of love, you're better off with old ones. That is a fact of life and literature - and of the novel ever since it fell in love with love in the 18th century."

"Profits in business always depend on the rate of interest: the higher the interest, the higher the rate of profit required."

"In rising financial markets, the world is forever new. The bull or optimist has no eyes for past or present, but only for the future, where streams of revenue play in his imagination."

"Wisdom principle 99 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 43."

"Wisdom principle 95 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 81."

"Wisdom principle 15 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 84."

"Wisdom principle 97 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 7."