Queen Victoria

“We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat; they do not exist.”

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

“Grief is the price we pay for love.”

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

“We are not amused.”

“He speaks to me as if I were a public meeting.”

“The Queen is most anxious to enlist everyone who can speak or write to join in checking this mad, wicked folly of 'Women's Rights'.”

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

“An ugly baby is a very nasty object – and the prettiest is frightful when undressed.”

“The world is not a stage. The world is a courtroom, but the judge is missing.”

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