Stoicism; the creed of the sorrowful countenance, the close-cropped creed. Heraclitus Ah yes, several customiers, I fancy, are on the look-out for him. Virtue incarnate! The very quintessence of creeds! Who is for universal monopoly? Seventh Dealer How are we to understand that? Heraclitus Why, here is monopoly of wisdom, monopoly of beauty, monopoly of courage, monopoly of justice. Sole king, sole orator, sole legislator, sole millionaire. Seventh Dealer And I suppose sole cook, sole tanner, sole carpenter, and all that? Heraclitus Presumably.