The savvy socialite Mary Crawford sums this up in "Mansfield Park;" “I would have everybody marry if they can do it properly: I do not like to have people throw themselves away.”
Mary Crawford, astuta dama de sociedad, resume la idea en "Mansfield Park": "Me gustaría que todos se casaran si pudieran hacerlo como es debido. No es bueno que la gente desperdicie su vida".