Money is therefore as useful in a lock-up-house or a prison as in any other situation of life.
"Money, with the generality of people, is every thing; it is the universal Talisman; there is magic in its very name.

It ameliorates all the miserable circumstances of life, and the sound of it may almost be termed life itself.

It is the balm, the comfort, and the restorative.
It must indeed be truly mortifying to the opulent, to observe that the attachment of their dependents, and even the apparent esteem of their friends, arises from the respect paid to riches.

The vulgar herd bow with reverence and respect before the wealthy; but it is in fact the money, and not the individual, which they worship.

Doubtless, a philosophic Tallow-chandler would hasten from the contemplation of the starry heavens to vend a farthing rushlight; and it therefore cannot be wondered at that the Sheriffs-officer, who serves you with a writ because you have not money enough to discharge the just demands against you, should determine at least to get as much as he can out of you, and, when he finds your resources exhausted, that he should remove you to the common receptacle of debtors; which however cannot be done to your own satisfaction without some money; for if you wish a particular place of residence, or the most trifling accommodation, there are fees to pay, even on entering a prison." "In that case then," said Tallyho, "a man is actually obliged to pay for going to a prison." "Precisely so, unless he is willing to mingle with the very lowest order of society.