Any fool can paint a picture, but it takes a wise man to be able to sell it.
The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.
The sinews of art and literature, like those of war, are money.
Words are not as satisfactory as we should like them to be, but, like our neighbours, we have got to live with them and must make the best and not the worst of them.
Self-preservation is the first law of nature.
Money is the last enemy that shall never be subdued. While there is flesh there is money or the want of money, but money is always on the brain so long as there is a brain in reasonable order.