[I]t is not by being richer or more powerful that a....

“ [I]t is not by being richer or more powerful that a man becomes better; one is a matter of fortune, the other of virtue. Nor should she deem herself other than venal who weds a rich man rather than a poor, and desires more things in her husband than himself. Assuredly, whomsoever this concupiscence leads into marriage deserves payment rather than affection. ”

Héloïse d'Argenteuil

From : The Letters of Abélard and Héloïse