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Maria was married on Saturday. In all important preparations of mind she was complete, being prepared for matrimony by a hatred of home, by the misery...more

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Dear Eloisa (said I) there’s no occasion for your crying so much about such a trifle. (for I was willing to make light of it in order to comfort her) ...more

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I pay very little regard," said Mrs. Grant, "to what any young person says on the subject of marriage. If they profess a disinclination for it, I only...more

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…for I look upon the Frasers to be about as unhappy as most other married people.

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And such is your definition of matrimony and dancing. Taken in that light, certainly their resemblance is not striking; but I think I could place them...more

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Miss Bingley's congratulations to her brother, on his approaching marriage, were all that was affectionate and insincere.

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Oh, Lizzy! do anything rather than marry without affection.

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An unhappy alternative is before you, Elizabeth. From this day you must be a stranger to one of your parents. Your mother will never see you again if ...more

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It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. However little known the feeling...more

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Here are officers enough in Meryton to disappoint all the young ladies in the country.

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Without thinking highly either of men or of matrimony, marriage had always been her object; it was the only honourable provision for well-educated you...more

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Between Barton and Delaford, there was that constant communication which strong family affection would naturally dictate;—and among the merits and the...more

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I must go, uncertain of my fate; but I shall return hither, or follow your party, as soon as possible. A word, a look will be enough to decide whether...more

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Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.

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Luck which so often defies anticipation in matrimonial affairs, giving attraction to what is moderate rather than to what is superior.