"I won't say I've no faults, but I'll say I've no vices." "All that's negative, and it always depends, also, on what people call vices.

What's the positive side?
What's the virtuous?
What have you got besides your Spanish lace and your Dresden teacups ?" "I've a comfortable little fortune--about forty thousand francs a year.
With the talent I have for arranging, we can live beautifully on such an income." "Beautifully, no.

Sufficiently, yes.

Even that depends on where you live." "Well, in Paris.

I would undertake it in Paris." Madame Merle's mouth rose to the left.