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.
No expectations mean there is no risk of disappointment.
You cannot believe everything you hear
To marry is to narrow one's possibilities horribly.
One hesitates to open a new chapter when the old one is not resolved.
It is presumptuous to draw conclusions about a person from what one has heard