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There are certainly not so many men of large fortune in the world, as there are pretty women to deserve them.
Good-humoured, unaffected girls, will not do for a man who has been used to sensible women. They are two distinct orders of being.
Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony.
Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken.
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
Respect for right conduct is felt by every body.
From politics, it was an easy step to silence.
They are much to be pitied who have not been given a taste for nature early in life.
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.
To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.