"Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance"
"There is something so amiable in the prejudices of a young mind, that one is sorry to see them give way to the reception of more general opinions"
"No man is offended by another man's admiration of the woman he loves; it is the woman only who can make it a torment"
"It will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not what they ought to be, so are the rest of the nation"
"Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings"
"Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable"
"Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony"
"Nobody minds having what is too good for them"
"Where youth and diffidence are united, it requires uncommon steadiness of reason to resist the attraction of being called the most charming girl in the world"
"Husbands and wives generally understand when opposition will be vain"
"Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a young person, who either marries or dies, is sure of being kindly spoken of"
