“Well, well - a carriage and three thousand a year is not the summitt of the reward nor the end of God's judgment of men. If quacks prosper as often as they go to the wall - if zanies succeed and knaves arrive at fortune, and, vice-versa, sharing ill luck and prosperity for all the world like the ablest and most honest among us - I say, brother, the gifts and pleasures of Vanity Fair cannot be held to any great account, and that it is probable...”
