The thirst for powerful sensations takes the upper hand both over fear and over compassion for the grief of others.Anton Chekhov
It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage.Jane Austen
Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony.Jane Austen
I would have everybody marry if they can do it properly: I do not like to have people throw themselves away; but everybody should marry as soon as they can do it to advantage.Jane Austen
A woman, especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can.Jane Austen
Where youth and diffidence are united, it requires uncommon steadiness of reason to resist the attraction of being called the most charming girl in the world.Jane Austen
