“If no one gambled against the grain in good times, there would be no winners to inspire people in the bad times.”

“We remember the good times and the bad ones, forgetting that most times are neither good nor bad. They just are.”

“Just remember: If one bird carried every grain of sand, grain by grain, across the ocean, by the time he got them all on the other side, that would only be the beginning of eternity.”

“Bad times, hard times, this is what people keep saying; but let us live well, and times shall be good. We are the times: Such as we are, such are the times.”

“Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.”

“The advantage of a bad memory is that one can enjoy the same good things for the first time several times.”

“Failure inspires winners.”

“Human beings are strange creatures. As people come across one another they produce various outcomes. Good things, sometimes. And other times, bad.”

“One-fifth of the people are against everything all the time.”

“This was my first lesson about gambling: if you see somebody winning all the time, he isn't gambling, he's cheating. Later on in life, if I were continuously losing in any gambling situation, I would watch very closely.”