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

One hesitates to open a new chapter when the old one is not resolved.

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

Society can only hurt if you care for its opinion

Everything about everybody was very soon known by everybody else.

That's the way girls are isn't it? They swear eternal friendship, and then as soon as a man's in the case it's all forgotten.