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

Being pregnant is an occupational hazard of being a wife

What you say of the pride of giving life to an immortal soul is very fine dear, but I own I cannot enter into that: I think much more of our being like a cow or a dog at such moments: when our poor nature becomes so very animal and unecstatic

We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat. They do not exist

Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves

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