Money Quote by Jean Sasson

“My visit to Her Highness was an agreeable surprise for me. Instead of being ushered into the presence of an over-decorated woman, sporting diamond…

— Manu S. Pillai

“How can they be that poor, when our kingdom is so rich?”

— Carolyn Turgeon

“In the world of most living things, neediness isn't especially attractive; wealthiness is.”

— David P. Barash

“She was simple, not being able to adorn herself, but she was unhappy, as one out of her class; for women belong to no…

— Guy de Maupassant

“It rankled her that people richer than she were so often less worthy and attractive. More slobbish and louty. Comfort could be found in…

— Jonathan Franzen

“They learned to live contently with small things, to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion, to be worthy not respectable,…

— David Paul Kirkpatrick

“As to her rank, she should be at the very least a princess, seeing that she is my lady and my queen. Her beauty…

— Miguel de Cervantes

“many women do noble things, but you surpass them all. charm is deceptive, beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord, she…

— Anonymous

“I believe, there is scarcely a young lady in the united kingdoms, who would not rather put up with the misfortune of being sought…

— Jane Austen

“My dear girls, I am ambitious for you; but not to have you make a dash in the world, marry rich men merely because…

— Louisa M Alcott

“And, conversely, she went on to herself, sneering at the Grand Duke's palace, poverty is wasted on the poor, who never know how to…

— Angela Carter

“Wealth is the parent of luxury and indolence, and poverty of meanness and viciousness, and both of discontent.”

— Plato