I am usually part of any disaster at a wedding if I'm a bridesmaid, which I've been lucky enough to be several times.
“You can't sweep other people off their feet, if you can't be swept off your own.”
“A spirit, breathing the language of independence, is natural to Englishmen, few of whom are disposed to brook compulsion, or submit to the dictates of others, when not softened by reason, or tempered with kindness.”