To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.

I certainly will not persuade myself to feel more than I do. I am quite enough in love. I should be sorry to be more

And what am I to do on the occasion? -- It seems an hopeless business.

And have you never known the pleasure and triumph of a lucky guess? I pity you. I thought you cleverer; for depend upon it, a lucky guess is never merely luck. There is always some talent in it.

I would rather have young people settle on a small income at once, and have to struggle with a few difficulties together, than be involved in a long engagement.

I will only add, God bless you.

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.