Lord Aberdeen was quite touched when I told him I was so attached to the dear, dear Highlands and missed the fine hills so much. There is a great peculiarity about the Highlands and Highlanders; and they are such a chivalrous, fine, active people.

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.

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

He speaks to Me as if I was a public meeting.

Being pregnant is an occupational hazard of being a wife.

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.