I would venture to warn against too great intimacy with artists as it is very seductive and a little dangerous.

That Book, the Bible, accounts for the supremacy of England. England has become great & happy by the knowledge of the true God through Jesus Christ.

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

Oh! If those selfish men, who are the cause of all one's misery, only knew what their poor slaves go through! What suffering, what humiliation to the delicate feelings of a poor woman, above all a young one, especially with those nasty doctors.

I love peace and quiet, I hate politics and turmoil. We women are not made for governing, and if we are good women, we must dislike these masculine occupations.

Being married gives one one's position like nothing else can.

Just close your eyes—and think of England.