In spite of the honestest efforts to annihilate my I-ity, or merge it in what the world doubtless considers my better half, I still find myself a self-subsisting and alas! self-seeking me.
Jane Welsh Carlyleyouth is so insatiable of happiness, and has such sublimely insane faith in its own power to make happy and be happy!
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 Carlyle