George Meredith Quotes

By channeling my inner heiress, I created a new opportunity for young heiresses.

I'm glad I was never an heiress.

Remember, it's as easy to marry a rich woman as a poor woman.

Nobody has ever denied that when it comes to his trade - gigolo - John Forbes Kerry is one of the all-time greats. He's in the Gigolo Hall of Fame. See, a really good gigolo might snag one heiress in a lifetime with a nine-figure trust fund. Kerry has married two. When it comes to gigolos, he's Steve Jobs.

Nobody works as hard for his money as the man who marries it.

Not every heiress is famous. Or fun. There are a lot of boring heiresses out there.

The reason for much matrimony is patrimony.

I'd marry again if I found a man who had fifteen million dollars, would sign over half to me, and guarantee that he'd be dead within a year.

A woman must make her fortune before she is 30; or work after she is 30; or get married.

I wasn't born into land or titles, or new money, or an oil rig.

When you're young and you have money, you become the CEO, automatically, of life, of your family.

An engaged woman is always more agreeable than a disengaged. She is satisfied with herself. Her cares are over, and she feels that she may exert all her powers of pleasing without suspicion. All is safe with a lady engaged; no harm can be done.

Her name was called Lady Helena Herring and her age was 25 and she mated well with the earl.

You can make a lot of money in this game. Just ask my ex-wives. Both of them are so rich that neither of their husbands work.

The trimmings of wealth are not as important to me and my generation as they were to my parents' generation.

The man who dies rich, dies in disgrace.

In Egypt, where my research is focused, I have seen plenty of trouble in and out of the citadel. There are legions of young men who can't afford to get married, because marriage has become a very expensive proposition. They are expected to bear the burden of costs in married life, but they can't find jobs.

Successful men don't date up. They are intimidated by wealthy women unless they are blue bloods. Successful men want to always take care of their women, and that means financially.

There are certainly not so many men of large fortune in the world, as there are pretty women to deserve them.

Older couples bring obligations such as support payments and debt as well as decades of financial experience to a marriage.

The only purpose of an engagement ring is to show you 'belong' to someone, and your man makes bank.

I'm the son of a former billionaire, but I'm just a working man.

My mother was against me being an artist. She just wanted me to marry a rich man.

For rich children, it'd be very easy and convenient never to take any steps to build an identity outside of your association with your family's wealth.

A man may keep a woman, but not his estate.