It is better to do one's own duty however defective it may be than to follow the duty of another however well one may perform it. He who does his duty as his own nature reveals it never sins.
It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage.
“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good...
There are certainly not so many men of large fortune in the world as there...
Good-humoured unaffected girls will not do for a man who has been used to...
A good marriage is the union of the two good...
I have known a few good marriages, but very few. And others look to me...
I suppose after 'Four Weddings' I was very busy for a bit, and I imagined...