From politics, it was an easy step to silence. politics
Business, you know, may bring you money, but friendship hardly ever does. business, friendship & money
Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance. happiness & marriage
There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort. home
Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony. women
There are certainly not so many men of large fortune in the world, as there are pretty women to deserve them. women
Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love. friendship & love
We do not look in our great cities for our best morality. best & greatness
The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. being good
It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage. marriage
They are much to be pitied who have not been given a taste for nature early in life. nature
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. men & truth
A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of. best & happiness
Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure. forgiveness & hope
Good-humoured, unaffected girls, will not do for a man who has been used to sensible women. They are two distinct orders of being. women
A lady's imagination is very rapid it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment. imagination
To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment. nature
Respect for right conduct is felt by every body. respect
One man's ways may be as good as another's, but we all like our own best. best
General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be. friendship
I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal. greatness