Is it possible that I was ever fatuous enough to believe that I was the party who conferred the benefit?
If so, I very soon discovered my mistake.

In justice to myself I must state that I saw at once what a treasure I had come upon.

You remember what a quick, sure judgment my father had?
Somehow I seem to be getting more like him all the time.

The moment any proposition takes on a purely business aspect, I become, as it were, pure intellect.

I see the exact value, business value, of the thing.