It was, perhaps, one of those cases in which advice is good or bad only as the event decides.
Jane AustenNo man is offended by another man's admiration of the woman he loves; it is the woman only who can make it a torment.
Jane AustenWoe betide him, and her too, when it comes to things of consequence, when they are placed in circumstances requiring fortitude and strength of mind, if she have not resolution enough to resist idle interference ... It is the worst evil of too yielding and indecisive a character, that no influence over it can be depended on. You are never sure of a good impression being durable; everybody may sway it. Let those who would be happy be firm.
Jane Austen