It was his profession to prepare other men for their death; it shocked him to be so unready for his own. [First sentence: The Devil's Advocate, 1959. Morris West]
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. {First Sentence: Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen, 1813}
Perchik: Money is the world's curse. Tevye: May the Lord smite me with it. And may I never recover. {Fiddler on the Roof, 1971}