To know, to get into the truth of anything, is ever a mystic art, of which the best logic's can but babble on the surface.
Thomas CarlyleA man ought to inquire and find out what he really and truly has an appetite for; what suits his constitution; and that, doctors tell him, is the very thing he ought to have in general. And so with books.
Thomas CarlyleWhat are your historical Facts still more your biographical Wilt thou know a man by stringing-together beadrolls of what thou namest Facts
Thomas CarlyleOld age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we have left our work done behind us.
Thomas Carlyle