When buying a garden hose， an extension cord， or a ladder， get one substantially longer than you think you need. It’ll be the right size.

The true investor scarcely ever is forced to sell his shares, and at all other times he is free to disregard the current price quotation.

历史上的重大战争——我们在我们这个时代已经看到了这一点——是国家不平等发展的直接或间接结果。

We are all of us born with a unique set of potentialities, and it is our task in life to realize as many of them as possible.

译文：年轻的时候读书并没有取得深刻的理解，到了晚年的时候并没有付出多大努力却取得了惊人的成就。赏析：不管读书还是做事，我们要尽量做好，即使当时不理解，迟早有一天会明白其中的道理。年轻时不理解，是因为我们的社会阅历和人生经验不够丰富。