It is difficult not to write satire.
The smell of money is good, come whence it may. [Alluding to Vespasian's tax on ordure.]
The guilty are alarmed and turn pale at the slightest thunder.
The care of a large estate is an unpleasant thing.
To gain a livelihood at the expense of all that makes life worth the having.
A rare bird upon the earth and very much like a black swan.