“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife
“There are certainly are not so many men of large fortune in the world as there are of pretty woman to deserve them
“Fortune is proverbially called changeful, yet her caprice often takes the form of repeating again and again a similar stroke of luck in the same quarter
“The slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many as there are persons whose aid may contribute to the advancement of his fortunes
“It is fortunate to be of high birth, but it is no less so to be of such character that people do not care to know whether you are or are not.
“I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act
“The thoughts that come often unsought, and, as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have