What are riches - grandeur - health itself, to the luxury of a pure conscience, the health of the soul; - and what the sufferings of poverty, disappointment, despair - to the anguish of an afflicted one!
Ann RadcliffeThere is some magic in wealth, which can thus make persons pay their court to it, when it does not even benefit themselves.
Ann RadcliffeVirtue and taste are nearly the same, for virtue is little more than active taste, and the most delicate affections of each combine in real love.
Ann Radcliffe