Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Car...
A source page for quotes linked to Jane Welsh Carlyle.
“the less one does, as I long ago observed, the less one can find time to do.”
“all griefs, when there is no bitterness in them, are soothed down by time.”
“The longer one lives in this hard world motherless, the more a mother's loss makes itself felt.”
“cracked things often hold out as long as whole things; one takes so much better care of them!”
“The glittering baits of titles and honours are only for children and fools.”
“I rely on the promise, God is kind to women, fools, and drunk people.”
“Young children are such nasty little beasts!”
“Time is the only comforter for the loss of a mother.”
“When one has been threatened with a great injustice, one accepts a smaller as a favour.”