“Do not be in a hurry, the right man will come at last”

“To you I shall say, as I have often said before, Do not be in a hurry, the right man will come at last...”

“I was so anxious to do what is right that I forgot to do what is right.”

“Do come now," said he..., "pray come, you must come, I declare you shall come.”

“...since we see everyday that where there is affection, young people are seldom withheld by immediate want of fortune from entering into engagements with each other, how can I promise to be wiser than so many of my fellow creatures if I am tempted, or how am I even to know that it would be wisdom to resist? All that I can promise you, therefore, is not to be in a hurry. I will not be in a hurry to believe myself his first object. When I am in company with him, I will not be wishing. In short, I will do my best.”

“He was the proudest, most disagreeable man in the world, and every body hoped that he would never come there again.”

“Do not give way to useless alarm; though it is right to be prepared for the worst, there is no occasion to look on it as certain.”