"You'll get part of their value. Take them as a whole, the nobility of England are pleasant acquaintances to have. I haven't run after them very much myself, though I married, as I may say, among them. That very thing rather stood in my way than otherwise. But you may be sure of this, that men and women ought to grow, like plants, upwards. Everybody should endeavour to stand as well as he can in the world, and if I had a choice of acquaintance between a sugar-baker and a peer, I should prefer the peer,--unless, indeed, the sugar-baker had something very strong on his side to offer. I don't call that tuft-hunting, and it does not necessitate toadying. It's simply growing up, towards the light, as the trees do."

"You'll get part of their value. On the whole, the nobility of England are pleasant acquaintances to have. I haven't run after them very much myself; but men and women ought to grow, like plants, upwards. Everybody should endeavour to stand as well as he can in the world. It's not toadying. It's simply growing up, towards the light, as the trees do."
