My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength.
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
The great powers are always searching for opportunities to gain power at the expense of their rivals, which makes them inherently aggressive.
Nothing spoils a romance so much as sense of humour in the woman—or the want of it in the man.