When I think of a merry, happy, free young girl - and look at the ailing, aching state a young wife generally is doomed to - which you can't deny is the penalty of marriage.

Quote by Queen Victoria

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Being pregnant is an occupational hazard of being a wife.

Being pregnant is an occupational hazard of being a wife.

Being pregnant is an occupational hazard of being a wife.

Being pregnant is an occupational hazard of being a wife.

Everybody grows but me.

Everybody grows but me.

An ugly baby is a very nasty object - and the prettiest is frightful.

An ugly baby is a very nasty object - and the prettiest is frightful.

The Queen is most anxious to enlist everyone in checking this mad, wicked folly of...

The Queen is most anxious to enlist everyone in checking this mad, wicked folly of...

I think people really marry far too much; it is such a lottery after all,...

I think people really marry far too much; it is such a lottery after all,...

For a man to strike any women is most brutal, and I, as well as...

For a man to strike any women is most brutal, and I, as well as...

Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves.

Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves.

We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat. They do not exist.

We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat. They do not exist.

We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat. They do not exist.

We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat. They do not exist.

A marriage is no amusement but a solemn act, and generally a sad one.

A marriage is no amusement but a solemn act, and generally a sad one.

The important thing is not what they think of me, but what I think of...

The important thing is not what they think of me, but what I think of...

An ugly baby is a very nasty object - and the prettiest is frightful.

An ugly baby is a very nasty object - and the prettiest is frightful.

I would venture to warn against too great intimacy with artists as it is very...

I would venture to warn against too great intimacy with artists as it is very...

I feel sure that no girl would go to the altar if she knew all.

I feel sure that no girl would go to the altar if she knew all.

An ugly baby is a very nasty object - and the prettiest is frightful.

An ugly baby is a very nasty object - and the prettiest is frightful.

What you say of the pride of giving life to an immortal soul is very...

What you say of the pride of giving life to an immortal soul is very...

To love one's self is the beginning of a life-long romance.

To love one's self is the beginning of a life-long romance.

Life is a succession of lessons, which must be lived to be understood.

Life is a succession of lessons, which must be lived to be understood.

All the breaks you need in life wait within your imagination, Imagination is the workshop...

All the breaks you need in life wait within your imagination, Imagination is the workshop...

Pride that dines on vanity, sups on contempt

Pride that dines on vanity, sups on contempt