There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.

I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy, ay, to life itself than this incessant business.

Business, that's easily defined - it's other people's money.

Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.

Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.

In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.

No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution.