A marriage is no amusement but a solemn act, and generally a sad one.
From Queen Victoria
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.
For a man to strike any women is most brutal, and I, as well as everyone else, think this far worse than any attempt to shoot, which, wicked as it is, is at least more comprehensible and more courageous.
I don't dislike babies, though I think very young ones rather disgusting.
An ugly baby is a very nasty object - and the prettiest is frightful.
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