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

That Book (the BIBLE) accounts for the supremacy of England.

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

Affairs go on, and all will take some shape or other, but it keeps one in hot water all the time.

Everybody grows but me.

Being pregnant is an occupational hazard of being a wife.

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

She was such a beautiful and sweet creature, and so full of tricks.

Peace can come everywhere.

Oh! was ever woman so blessed as I am.

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

Just close your eyes and think of England.

Give my people plenty of beer, good beer, and cheap beer, and you will have no revolution among them.

Nothing will turn a man's home into a castle more quickly and effectively than a dachshund.

Beware of artists, they mix with all classes of society and are therefore most dangerous.

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 will not have failure - only success and new learning.

People die, but books never die.