I plodded conscientiously through the twenty-six letters, and the only malady I could conclude I had not got was housemaid's knee.

I plodded conscientiously through the twenty-six letters, and the only malady I could conclude I had not got was housemaid's knee.

It is only the first baby that takes up the whole of a woman's time.Five or six do not require nearly so much attention as one.

It's really extraordinary what a variety of ways of loving there must be. We all do it as it was never done before.

He is very imprudent, a dog; he never makes it his business to inquire whether you are in the right or the wrong, never asks whether you are rich or poor, silly or wise, sinner or saint. You are his pal. That is enough for him.

I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.

I often arrive at quite sensible ideas and judgements, on the spur of the moment. It is when I stop to think that I become foolish.