I think people really marry far too much; it is such a lottery after all, and for a poor woman a very doubtful happiness.
I would venture to warn against too great intimacy with artists as it is very seductive and a little dangerous.
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.
I don't dislike babies, though I think very young ones rather disgusting.
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.
