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

I think people really marry far too much it is such a lottery after all, and for a poor woman a very doubtful happiness.

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.

A marriage is no amusement but a solemn act, and generally a sad one.

A marriage is no amusement but a solemn act, and generally a sad one.