“No young woman of good breeding should show exclusive partiality to one partner all night.”

“It is not always easy, for a woman alone.”

“I have never understood why a woman must have a man to take her into dinner.”

“And now over there is a gentleman who should not wear tight pantaloons. You will see when he turns around. There. That is why.”

“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.”

“There are some people who like nothing better than a good, regular quarrel.”

“Perhaps grown women are beings of a good deal more complexity than cats”