The person who will bear much shall have much to bear, all the world through.

But let not those worthy young women, who may think themselves destined to a single life, repine over-much at their lot; since, possibly, if they have had no lovers, or having had one, two, or three, have not found a husband, they have had rather a miss than a loss, as men go.

Married people should not be quick to hear what is said by either when in ill humor.

The uselessness and expensiveness of modern women multiply bachelors.

The coyest maids make the fondest wives.

I am forced, as I have often said, to try to make myself laugh, that I may not cry: for one or other I must do.

Handsome husbands often make a wife's heart ache.