Benjamin West was a great man, Sir; but he was an exception, and besides he lived in England.
I respect Benjamin West, Sir, of course.

We all do.

He made a good thing of it.

Take the word of an old man who has seen life and knows the world, and remember that, with all your fine fiddling, it is money makes the mare go.

Old men like me don't mince matters, Sir.
It's money--money!" Abel thought old men sometimes minced grammar a little, but he did not say so.