That girls should not marry for money we are all agreed. A lady who can sell herself for a title or an estate, for an income or a set of family diamonds, treats herself as a farmer teats his sheep and oxen- makes hardly more of herself, of her own inner self, in which are comprised a mind and a soul, than the poor wretch of her own sex who earns her bread in the lowest state of degradation.

I would recommend all men in choosing a profession to avoid any that may require an apology at every turn; either an apology or else a somewhat violent asserti…

It is easy to love one's enemy when one is making fine speeches; but so difficult to do so in the actual everyday work of life.

I cannot hold with those who wish to put down the insignificant chatter of the world.

Economy was always 'elegant', and money-spending always 'vulgar and ostentatious'; a sort of sour-grapeism, which made us very peaceful and satisfied.

I'm pleased that the Ministry of Culture is protecting the morals of the expat bankers and their girlfriends that are going to be coming.

There is a persistent myth that a wife has control over her husband's money because she gets to spend it. Actually, she does not have much more financial autho…