“I see that you are indifferent about money, which is a characteristic rather of those who have inherited their fortunes than of those who have acquired them; the makers of fortunes have a second love of money as a creation of their own, resembling the affection of authors for their own poems, or of parents for their children, besides that natural love of it for the sake of use and profit which is common to them and all men. And hence they are very bad company, for they can talk about nothing but the praises of wealth.” Republic

“Sometimes we go to a play and after the curtain has been up five minutes we have a sense of being able to settle back in the arms of the playwright." Seagull

“It takes a strong mind to move things forward, someone who understands that risks that are part of everyday life and that everything boils down to hard work from morning to night — for many years.” Surrounded by Idiots

The times are past when only the powerful and the prominent were human beings—and the others were bond servants and slaves. This is due to Christianity. Works of Love