I am but a provincial physician, whose station would be the same had he been a cobbler's son.

But gold retains its grand privilege in all ranks.

He who has gold is removed from the suspicion that attaches to the greedy fortune-hunter.

My private fortune, swelled by my savings, is sufficient to secure to any one I married a larger settlement than many a wealthy squire can make.

I need no fortune with a wife; if she have one, it would be settled on herself.
Pardon these vulgar details.