It is a fine thing, reader, to be lifted in moment from indigence to wealth – a very fine thing; but not a matter one can comprehend, or consequently enjoy, all at once…One does not jump, and spring, and shout hurrah! at hearing one has got a fortune; one begins to consider responsibilities and to ponder business; on a base of steady satisfaction rise certain grave cares – and we contain ourselves, and brood over our bliss with a solemn brow.
– Charlotte Bronte
Jane Eyre, Chapter 33. Poor orphan Jane is not one to let her new-found wealth go to her head or change her. After inheriting twenty thousand pounds from her uncle, she takes time to reflect and consider her responsibilites.