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

"Our scars make us know that our past was for real."

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

"Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance."

"It is not every man's fate to marry the woman who loves him best."

"You must learn some of my philosophy. Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure."