'On earth the living have much to bear;' the difference is chiefly in the manner of bearing, and my manner of bearing… — Jane Welsh Carlyle Copy Share Image
The habits of study in which I have been brought up have done much to support me. I never allow myself to… — Jane Welsh Carlyle Copy Share Image
It is sad and wrong to be so dependent for the life of my life on any human being as I am… — Jane Welsh Carlyle Copy Share Image
It is odd what notions men seem to have of the scantiness of a woman's resources. They do not find it anything… — Jane Welsh Carlyle Copy Share Image
They call me 'sweet,' and 'gentle'; and some of the men go the length of calling me 'endearing,' and I laugh in… — Jane Welsh Carlyle Copy Share Image
If they had said that the sun or the moon had gone out of the heavens, it could not have struck me… — Jane Welsh Carlyle Copy Share Image
Homeopathy - an invention of the Father of Lies! I have tried it and found it wanting. I would swallow their whole… — Jane Welsh Carlyle Copy Share Image
Instead of boiling up individuals into the species, I would draw a chalk circle round every individuality, and preach to it to… — Jane Welsh Carlyle Copy Share Image
But what are friends? What is a husband, even, compared with one's Mother? Of her love, one is always so sure! It… — Jane Welsh Carlyle Copy Share Image