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 CarlylePeople who are so dreadfully "devoted" to their wives are so apt, from mere habit, to get devoted to other people's wives as well.
Jane Welsh CarlyleWhen one has been threatened with a great injustice, one accepts a smaller as a favour.
Jane Welsh Carlyle