“Proof, once again, that reality was not objective, but always waiting to be reshaped and redefined by one's attitude.”

“Well, here we are."Sometimes a statement of the bloody obvious was the only appropriate way forward. As if to give life ceremonious permission to proceed.”

“There is no point in getting rich if we lose our soul along the way.”

“Rich and wealth comes to a man only through diligence”

“No paint or dye can give so splendid a colour as gilding. The merit of their beauty is greatly enhanced by their scarcity. With the greater part of rich people, the chief enjoyment of riches consis...”

“The nation had had two symbols of solitude, the forest and the prairies; now it had a third, the mountains.”