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.

Everything about everybody was very soon known by everybody else.

Grown people with rational minds somehow do not know what's best for them.

It is not always easy, for a woman alone.

You cannot believe everything you hear

Society can only hurt if you care for its opinion

If someone tries to use you as a tool, you shouldn't mind it, because it is their choice and folly, not yours.