That is one of the bitter curses of poverty; it leaves no right to be generous. - George Gissing

The thought, however, of his girls having to work for money was so utterly repulsive to him that he could never seriously dwell upon it.

Nowhere is the English genius of domesticity more notably evident than in the festival of afternoon tea. The [...] chink of cups and the saucers tunes the mind to happy repose.

For the man sound in body and serene in mind there is no such thing as bad weather, every day has its beauty and storms which whip the blood do but make it pulse more vigorously.