The Essential Handbook of Victorian Etiquette Quotes

“Let no lady commence and continue a correspondence with a view to marriage, for fear that she may never have another opportunity. It is the mark of judgment and rare good sense to go through life without wedlock, if she cannot marry from love. Somewhere in eternity, the poet tells us, our true mate will be found.
Do not be afraid of being an "old maid". The disgrace attached to that term long since passed away.
Unmarried ladies of mature years are proverbially among the most intelligent, accomplished, and independent to be found in society.”
― Thomas E. Hill, The Essential Handbook of Victorian Etiquette