“496. Weigh justly and sell dearely.”

“I NEVER loved a dear Gazelle –
Nor anything that cost me much:
High prices profit those who sell,
but why should I be fond of such?”

Lewis Carroll (1832–1898) English writer, logician, Anglican deacon and photographer

“Dear Sister, You dream like mad, you love like tinder, you aspire like a star-struck moth - for what? That you may hive little lyrics, and sell to a publisher for thirty pieces of silver.”

Richard Le Gallienne (1866–1947) British writer

“I sell ice in the winter, I sell fire in hell
I am a hustler, baby, I'll sell water to a well”

Jay-Z (1969) American rapper, businessman, entrepreneur, record executive, songwriter, record producer and investor

“The first chapter sells the book; the last chapter sells the next book.”

Mickey Spillane (1918–2006) American writer

“My aim is to agitate and disturb people. I'm not selling bread; I'm selling yeast.”

Miguel de Unamuno (1864–1936) 19th-20th century Spanish writer and philosopher

“Fun without sell gets nowhere, but sell without fun tends to become obnoxious.”

Leo Burnett (1891–1971) American advertising executive

“When you sell a man a book you don't sell him just 12 ounces of paper and ink and glue - you sell him a whole new life.”

Christopher Morley (1890–1957) American journalist, novelist, essayist and poet

“All businesses — no matter if they make dog food or software — don't sell products, they sell solutions.”

Jay Samit (1961) American businessman

“If it sells, it's art.”

Frank Lloyd Wright (1867–1959) American architect (1867-1959)