What cannot be purchased with coin of the realm?
First and foremost, freedom.

The moneyed man is the sole king; the herds of the penniless are but as slaves before his footstool.

He breathes with a sense of proprietorship in the whole globe-enveloping atmosphere; for is it not in his power to inhale it wheresoever he pleases?
He puts his hand in his pocket, and bids with security for every joy of body and mind; even death he faces with the comforting consciousness that his defeat will only coincide with that of human science.

He buys culture, he buys peace of mind, he buys love .-- You think not! I don't use the word cynically, but in very virtuous earnest.

Make me a millionaire, and I will purchase the passionate devotion of any free-hearted woman the world contains!" Waymark's pipe had gone out; he re-lit it, with the half-mocking smile which always followed upon any more vehement utterance.
"That I am poor," he went on presently, "is the result of my own pigheadedness.