“A happy marriage has in it all the pleasures of friendships, all the enjoyment of sense and reason - and indeed all the sweets of life.
“Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is there not some reason to fear I may be wrong?
“I have come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for this reason, I can never be satisfied with anyone who would be blockhead enough to have me
“Few women, I fear, have had such reason as I have to think the long sad years of youth were worth living for the sake of middle age