There is something so amiable in the prejudices of a young mind, that one is sorry to see them give way to the reception of more general opinions.

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Is not general incivility the very essence of love?

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Business, you know, may bring money, but friendship hardly ever does.

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How little of permanent happiness could belong to a couple who were only brought together because their passions were stronger than their virtue.

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A fondness for reading, properly directed, must be an education in itself.

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Every moment has its pleasures and its hope.

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Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance. If the dispositions of the parties are ever so well known to each other or ever so similar beforehand, it does not advance their felicity in the least. They always continue to grow sufficiently unlike afterwards to have their share of vexation.

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Yes, vanity is a weakness indeed. But pride - where there is a real superiority of mind, pride will be always under good regulation.

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Vanity working on a weak head produces every sort of mischief.

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You must be the best judge of your own happiness.

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