To marry is to narrow one's possibilities horribly.
Grown people with rational minds somehow do not know what's best for them.
You cannot believe everything you hear
A girl should set her sights on a man who has money; or if not, who can expect to come into money; or if not, who has moneyed connections.
It is presumptuous to draw conclusions about a person from what one has heard
None of us like to think we are silly. But all must acknowledge that they are capable of silliness, from time to time