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. — Queen Victoria Copy Share Image
The Government should take a firm, bold line. This delay - this uncertainty, by which, abroad, we are losing our prestige and our position,… — Queen Victoria Copy Share Image
She was such a beautiful and sweet creature... and so full of tricks. — Queen Victoria Copy Share Image
The important thing is not what they think of me, but what I think of them. — Queen Victoria Copy Share Image
Were women to "unsex" themselves by claiming equality with men, they would become the most hateful, heathen, and disgusting of beings and would surely… — Queen Victoria Copy Share Image
“Beware of artists. They mix with all classes of society and are therefore most dangerous."— Queen Victoria” — Queen Victoria Copy Share Image
I think people really marry far too much; it is such a lottery after all, and for a poor woman a very doubtful happiness. — Queen Victoria Copy Share Image
No civilization is complete which does not include the dumb and defenseless of God's creatures within the sphere of charity and mercy. — Queen Victoria Copy Share Image
