Benjamin Disraeli

“ I was afraid we might have had to go through it over again.'
'I suppose old Bellamont is the devil's own screw,' said Lord Milford. 'Rich governors, who have never been hard up, always are.'
'No: I believe he is a very good sort of fellow,' said Lord Valentine; 'at least my people always say so. ”

“ A single daughter, even if there be a son, may be made something of; because, in nine cases out of ten, there is a round sum in the settlements for the younger children, and she takes it all.'
'That is the case of Lady Blanche Bickerstaffe,' said Lord Fitz-Heron. 'She will have a hundred thousand pounds.'
'You don't mean that!' said Lord Valentine; 'and she is a very nice girl, too.'
'You are quite wrong about the hundred thousand, Fitz,' said Lord Milford ”

“ Ormsby, shaking his head; 'you should think of higher things.'
'I wonder what young Montacute will be thinking of this time next year,' said Lord Fitz-Heron.
'There will be plenty of people thinking of him,' said Mr. Cassilis. 'Egad! you gentlemen must stir yourselves, if you mean to be turned off. You will have rivals.'
'He will be no rival to me,' said Lord Milford; 'for I am an avowed fortune-hunter, and that you say he does not care for, at least, at present.'
'And I marry only for love,' said Lord Valentine, laughing ”