"Woman is fine for her own satisfaction alone. No man will admire her the more, no woman will like her the better for it. Neatness and fashion are enough for the former, and a something of shabbiness or impropriety will be most endearing to the latter."
"Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance."
"Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings."
"A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of."
