You climb as hard as you can by just advancing one inch at a time. That's the secret of life. - Charlie Munger

First, be unreliable. Do not faithfully do what you have engaged to do. If you will only master this one habit, you will more than counterbalance the combined effect of all your virtues, howsoever great.

Warren always said it’s probably always a mistake to marry for money and it’s really stupid if you’re already rich.

I find it quite useful to think of a (partly) free market economy as sort of the equivalent of an ecosystem. Just as animals flourish in niches, people who specialize in some narrow niche can do very well.