“Who, being loved, is poor?”

“You know I have loved him always.But we are very poor.Who, being loved, is poor? Oh, no one. I hate my riches. They are a burden...”

“No: a poor man who is ungrateful, unthrifty, discontented and rebellious, is probably a real personality, and has much in him...As for the virtuous poor...they have made private terms with the enemy, and sold their birthright for very poor pottage.”

“Poor? What does that matter? When poverty creeps in at the door, love flies in through the window.”

“Unless one is wealthy there is no use in being a charming fellow. Romance is the priviledge of the rich, not the profession of the unemployed. The poor shall be practical and prosaic. It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.”

“The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and richness to life that nothing else can bring.”

“Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless who know love's tragedies.”