Jane Welsh Carlyle Quotes
Thomas Carlyle, Jane Welsh Carlyle (1977). “The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle: Jan. 1829-Sept. 1831”
When one has been threatened with a great injustice, one accepts a smaller as a favour.
Jane Welsh Carlyle (1977). “I Too Am Here: Selections from the Letters of Jane Welsh Carlyle”, p.207, Cambridge University Press
Letter to Thomas Carlyle, 7 May 1822, in C. R. Sanders et al. (eds.) 'The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle' (1970) vol. 2
the less one does, as I long ago observed, the less one can find time to do.
Jane Welsh Carlyle (1977). “I Too Am Here: Selections from the Letters of Jane Welsh Carlyle”, p.277, Cambridge University Press
Jane Welsh Carlyle, Thomas Carlyle (1903). “New Letters and Memorials”
Jane Welsh Carlyle, Thomas Carlyle, James Anthony Froude (2011). “Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle”, p.101, Cambridge University Press
all griefs, when there is no bitterness in them, are soothed down by time.
Jane Welsh Carlyle, Thomas Carlyle (1887). “Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle”
Jane Welsh Carlyle (1977). “I Too Am Here: Selections from the Letters of Jane Welsh Carlyle”, p.186, Cambridge University Press
The glittering baits of titles and honours are only for children and fools.
Jane Welsh Carlyle (1977). “I Too Am Here: Selections from the Letters of Jane Welsh Carlyle”, p.40, Cambridge University Press
I rely on the promise, God is kind to women, fools, and drunk people.
Jane Welsh Carlyle, Thomas Carlyle (1887). “Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle”
Thomas Carlyle, Charles Richard Sanders, Clyde de L. Ryals, Jane Welsh Carlyle, Kenneth J. Fielding (2006). “The collected letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle”
Thomas Carlyle, Jane Welsh Carlyle (1908). “The Love Letters of Thomas Carlyle and Jane Welsh”
cracked things often hold out as long as whole things; one takes so much better care of them!
Thomas Carlyle, Charles Richard Sanders, Clyde de L. Ryals, Jane Welsh Carlyle, Kenneth J. Fielding (1970). “The collected letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle”
The longer one lives in this hard world motherless, the more a mother's loss makes itself felt.
Jane Welsh Carlyle, Thomas Carlyle (1887). “Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle”
Jane Welsh Carlyle (1977). “I Too Am Here: Selections from the Letters of Jane Welsh Carlyle”, p.7, Cambridge University Press
Never does one feel oneself so utterly helpless as in trying to speak comfort for great bereavement.
Jane Welsh Carlyle (1883). “Letters and Memorials...”
Jane Welsh Carlyle (1977). “I Too Am Here: Selections from the Letters of Jane Welsh Carlyle”, p.41, Cambridge University Press
Thomas Carlyle, Jane Welsh Carlyle (1909). “The Love Letters of Thomas Carlyle and Jane Welsh”
Jane Welsh Carlyle, Thomas Carlyle (1903). “New Letters and Memorials”
Jane Welsh Carlyle, Thomas Carlyle (1887). “Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle”
Thomas Carlyle, Jane Welsh Carlyle (1909). “The Love Letters of Thomas Carlyle and Jane Welsh”
Jane Welsh Carlyle, Thomas Carlyle, James Anthony Froude (2011). “Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle”, p.2, Cambridge University Press
Jane Welsh Carlyle, Thomas Carlyle (1887). “Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle”