To be at other people's orders brings out all the bad in me

The thought, however, of his girls having to work for money was so utterly repulsive to him that he could never seriously dwell upon it.

'A man who comes to be hanged,' pursued Jasper, impartially, 'has the satisfaction of knowing that he has brought society to its last resource. He is a man of such fatal importance that nothing will serve against him but the supreme effort …

It is our duty never to speak ill of others, you know; least of all when we know that to do so will be the cause of much pain and trouble.

No, no; women, old or young, should never have to think about money.

The insult was thrown out with a peculiarly reckless air; it astounded the hearer, who sat for an instant with staring eyes and lips apart; then the blood rushed to his cheeks.

I am learning my business. Literature nowadays is a trade.