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
One feels as if it could never, never be less. And yet all griefs, when there is no bitterness in them, are soothed down by time. Jane Welsh Carlyle bitternessfeltgrief 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
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
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
Use the noble gifts which God has given you! Jane Welsh Carlyle giftgodnoble Change image and share on social
If I have an antipathy for any class of people, it is for fine ladies. I almost match my Husband's detestation of partridge-shooting gentlemen. Jane Welsh Carlyle antipathyclassdetestation Change image and share on social
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
