From politics, it was an easy step to silence.

Respect for right conduct is felt by every body.

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.

Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken.

Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony.