His new position paid him a salary considerably larger than he had received heretofore, and he now demanded and received much higher terms for his stories.
All of which was well for Richard because as his income grew so grew his tastes.

I have known few men who cared less for money than did my brother, and I have known few who cared more for what it could buy for his friends and for himself.

Money to him, and, during his life he made very large sums of it, he always chose to regard as income but never capital.

A bond or a share of stock meant to him what it would bring that day on the Stock Exchange.

The rainy day which is the bugaboo for the most of us, never seemed to show on his horizon.