Barchester Towers

The greatest mistake any man ever made is to suppose that the good things of the world are not worth the winning.

Peace on earth and goodwill among men, are, like heaven, promises for the future

A man must be an idiot or else an angel who, after the age of forty, shall attempt to be just to his neighbours.

There is no happiness in love, except at the end of an English novel. But in wealth, money, houses, lands, goods, and chattels, in the good things of this world, yes, in them there is something tangible, something that can be retained and enjoyed.