“The higher you rise, the dirtier it gets.”
“By means of industry and perseverance you will rise higher and higher.”
“And money, if the pile gets high enough, is something like a big political party: it does as much harm as it does good, it puts too much power in too few hands, and the closer you come to it the dirtier you get.”
“Dread not to climb the mountain, for the higher you rise, your load will lighten; for once on top, easy be the stroll to the meadow down below”
“I am tied down with single words. But you wander off; you slip away; you rise up higher, with words and words in phrases.”
“The stronger that women grow, the more prestige, fame, and money is accorded to the display professions: They are held higher and higher above the heads of rising women, for them to emulate.”