Samuel Foote

He is not only dull in himself, but the cause of dullness in others.

Death and the dice level all distinctions.

When house and land are gone and spent, then learning is most excellent.

Why do men fight who were born to be brothers?

I'm an entrepreneur, a businessman. I've got a lot of money, and that doesn't go very well with the whole 'starving artist in a garret' routine.