There is such a difference between life and theory. — Anthony Trollope

It has been the great fault of our politicians that they have all wanted to do something.

She knew how to allure by denying, and to make the gift rich by delaying it.

Money is neither god nor devil, that it should make one noble and another vile. It is an accident, and if honestly possessed, may pass from you to me, or from me to you, without a stain.