"If you want to be loved, be lovable " — Ovid

To get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with

Source: Following the Equator, ch. 48 (1897)

A man has as many social selves as there are individuals who recognize him.

Source: Psychology: Briefer Course (1892)

One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry

Source: Miscellaneous Aphorisms (1911)

It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should refuse an offer of marriage

Source: Emma (1815)

I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle

Source: Pride and Prejudice (1813)

When the fight begins within himself, a man's worth something

Source: Bishop Blougram's Apology (1855)

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