Advertising is a valuable economic factor because it is the cheapest way of selling goods, particularly if the goods are worthless.

I have faith in Faith, I have reverence for all true Reverence. ~ Ch. 59

He who has seen one cathedral ten times has seen something; he who has seen ten cathedrals once has seen but little; and he who has spent half an hour in each …

An ugly woodshed that's there, right on the ground, is handsomer to me than a ten-story temple that isn't there. ~ Ch. 57