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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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.

Men never think, at least seldom think, what a hard task it is for us...

Men never think, at least seldom think, what a hard task it is for us...

I don't dislike babies, though I think very young ones rather disgusting.

I don't dislike babies, though I think very young ones rather disgusting.

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...

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...

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.

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.

Being pregnant is an occupational hazard of being a wife.

Being pregnant is an occupational hazard of being a wife.

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.

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...

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.

Everybody grows but me.

Everybody grows but me.

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...

Being pregnant is an occupational hazard of being a wife.

Being pregnant is an occupational hazard of being a wife.

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,...

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.

Raising kids is part joy and part guerilla warfare.

Raising kids is part joy and part guerilla warfare.

There are three reasons for breast-feeding: the milk is always at the right temperature; it...

There are three reasons for breast-feeding: the milk is always at the right temperature; it...

Before I got married, I had six theories about bringing up children. Now, I have...

Before I got married, I had six theories about bringing up children. Now, I have...

When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you...

When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you...