"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."

"Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us."

"It is very unfair to judge any body's conduct, without an intimate knowledge of their situation."

"A person who is knowingly bent on bad behavior, gets upset when better behavior is expected of them."

"General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be."

"You must be the best judge of your own happiness."