One of the main uses of a home is to stay in it, when one is too weak and spiritless for conforming, without effort, to the ways of other houses. Jane Welsh Carlyle conformefforthome Change image and share on social
Who knows but I shall grow reasonable at last, descend from my ideal heaven to the real earth, marry, and - Oh Plato! - make a pudding? Jane Welsh Carlyle descendearthgrow Change image and share on social
I wonder that among all the evils deprecated in the Liturgy, no one thought of inserting flitting. Is there any worse thing? Oh no, no! Jane Welsh Carlyle badlydeprecateevil Change image and share on social
'On earth the living have much to bear;' the difference is chiefly in the manner of bearing, and my manner of bearing is far from being the best. Jane Welsh Carlyle bearchieflydifference Change image and share on social
Teaching, I find, is not the most amusing thing on earth; in fact, with a stupid lump for a Pupil, it is about the most irksome. Jane Welsh Carlyle amuseearthfact Change image and share on social
There is nothing like a good bit of pain for taking the conceit out of one. Jane Welsh Carlyle biteconceitgood Change image and share on social
I rely on the promise, 'God is kind to women, fools, and drunk people.' Jane Welsh Carlyle drinkfoolgod Change image and share on social
Either I am just what God intended me for, or God cannot 'carry out' His intentions, it would seem. Jane Welsh Carlyle carrygodintend Change image and share on social
Never does one feel oneself so utterly helpless as in trying to speak comfort for great bereavement. I will not try it. Time is the only comforter for the loss of a mother. Jane Welsh Carlyle bereavementcomfortcomforter Change image and share on social
I have lived so long among people who do not understand me, been so long accustomed to refrain and disguise myself for fear of being laughed at, that I have grown as difficult to come at as a snail in a shell; and what is worse, I cannot come out of my shell when I wish it. Jane Welsh Carlyle accustombadlydifficult share on social
