Whether your business is called Exxon or Joe's Diner, the name is a valuable asset.

Happily one or two--rari nantes in gurgito vasto--survive amid the democratic welter; and all who have at heart not only the interests of literature, but the true interests of the public taste, will pray that they will have the courage to maintain their distinction, unseduced by the moneyed voice of the mob--a distinction to which, after all, they have owed, and will continue to owe, their success.

[…] his originality, in the mean time, was maturing to perfection.

He tips the scales at 221 pounds.