A fashionable wife! Oh! Never will I be anything so heartless! I have pictured for myself a far higher destiny than this. - Will it ever be more than a picture? Jane Welsh Carlyle destinyfashionableheartless Change image and share on social
There is never much to be feared for anyone that is born with sense and truth in him, whatever else he may have or want. Jane Welsh Carlyle bearfearsense Change image and share on social
They call me 'sweet,' and 'gentle'; and some of the men go the length of calling me 'endearing,' and I laugh in my sleeve and think, 'Oh, Lord! If you but knew what a brimstone of a creature I am behind all this beautiful amiability!' Jane Welsh Carlyle amiabilitybeautifulbrimstone share on social
Men may be rivals, opponents in their fortunes, and yet be friends in their hearts and fair towards each other's worth; but woman, the instant she is rivaled, becomes unjust. Jane Welsh Carlyle fairfortunefriend Change image and share on social
I declare I would rather be a kitten and cry, 'Mew!' than live as I see many of my female acquaintances do, tearing each other's characters to pieces, and wearing out their lives in vanity and vexation of spirit. Jane Welsh Carlyle acquaintancecharactercry share on social
Indeed, I should be very stupid or very thankless if I did not congratulate myself every hour of the day on the lot which it has pleased Providence to assign me. My Husband is so kind! So, in all respects, after my own heart! Jane Welsh Carlyle assigncongratulateday share on social
Homeopathy - an invention of the Father of Lies! I have tried it and found it wanting. I would swallow their whole doles' medicine chest for sixpence, and be sure of finding myself neither better nor worse for it. Jane Welsh Carlyle badlychestdole share on social
The surest way to get a thing in this life is to be prepared for doing without it, to the exclusion even of hope. Jane Welsh Carlyle exclusionhopelife Change image and share on social
But what are friends? What is a husband, even, compared with one's Mother? Of her love, one is always so sure! It is the only love that nothing - not even misconduct on our part - can take away from us. Jane Welsh Carlyle comparefriendhusband share on social
It is much to be wished that one had a post that knew what it was doing again; and lawmakers that knew what they were doing. If I were the Government, I should feel rather ashamed of making regulations one month and unmaking them the next. Jane Welsh Carlyle ashamedfeelgovernment share on social
