A girl should set her sights on a man who has money, or if not, who can expect to come into money, or if not, who has moneyed connections.
If someone tries to use you as a tool, you shouldn't mind it, because it is their choice and folly, not yours.
Dullness it is that perverts and corrups the spirit but it is always possible to look past the dullness, and see the bright, shining heart of things
That's the way girls are isn't it? They swear eternal friendship, and then as soon as a man's in the case it's all forgotten.
The glitter of the great world, you know, is only so much froth and spume: you may look in vain for happiness there.
