Remember, it’s as easy to marry a rich woman as a poor woman.

The line is a wry, socially pointed maxim: it treats marriage not as romance but as a transaction shaped by class and money. By insisting it is “as easy” to marry wealth as poverty, the speaker implies that the real obstacles are not moral or emotional but strategic—ambition, calculation, and access to the right circles. In Thackeray’s satirical world, such advice exposes the cynicism of a society where status is pursued through advantageous matches and where personal relationships are often subordinated to economic security. The humor depends on its blunt inversion of sentimental ideals, making the reader feel the discomfort of a truth spoken too plainly.