"Nature despises the weak.

I will be rich--I am rich." There was no half-heartedness now.

His manner changed; there was arrogance in his step.

Rich--powerful! The world had been his enemy and he had blacked its shoes.

Now it should be his servant, and with a lordly contempt he would tip it for its services.
He turned into a restaurant, and in a masterful and overbearing way ordered his dinner.