The cost of living hasn't effected its popularity.
I know all those people. I have friendly, social, and criminal relations with the whole lot of them.
To me [Edgar Allen Poe's] prose is unreadable—like Jane Austin's [sic]. No there is a difference. I could read his prose on salary, but not Jane's. Jane is entirely impossible. It seems a great pity that they allowed her to die a natural death.
Optimist: day dreamer more elegantly spelled.
The house was as empty as a beer closet in premises where painters have been at work.
The law of work seems unfair, but nothing can change it; the more enjoyment you get out of your work, the more money you will make.