“That was the advantage of a young mind--believing was easier.”
“One of the advantages of no longer being young is that you're expected to start making up your mind about certain things.”
“It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative”
“Young men do not respect girls they can take advantage of - and they do not as easily take advantage of girls they respect.”
“People with advantages are loath to believe that they just happen to be people with advantages.”
“But Catherine did not know her own advantages - did not know that a good-looking girl, with an affectionate heart and a very ignorant mind, cannot fail of attracting a clever young man, unless circumstances are particularly untoward.”