The glitter of the great world, you know, is only so much froth and spume: you may look in vain for happiness there.
She sincerely wishes success, for her new life, and intends that no failure of effort, temper, or spirits on her part will jeopardise it.
You have made him live.
I have never understood why a woman must have a man to take her into dinner.
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.
If someone tries to use you as a tool, you shouldn't mind it, because it is their choice and folly, not yours.