Try not to lose money. The way to make money in the stock market is not to be afraid of losing it.

I don't go to many meetings. I find reading the reports is usually more informative than talking to management.

Have patience. Stocks don't go up immediately.

Simplicity is the key to all true elegance.

-- Coco Chanel

You have to understand the business before you understand the stock.

-- Mario Gabelli

The key to investing is figuring out what something is worth and paying less for it.

-- Mario Gabelli

Buying good companies at bargain prices is the secret to making a lot of money.

-- Joel Greenblatt

You don't get rewarded for taking risk; you get rewarded for buying cheap assets.

-- Jeremy Grantham

The stock market is the only business I know that when things go on sale, the customers run out of the store.

-- Leon G. Cooperman