We have not read an author till we have seen his object, whatever it may be, as he saw it.
Thomas CarlyleA background of wrath, which can be stirred up to the murderous infernal pitch, does lie in every man.
Thomas CarlyleEvil and good are everywhere, like shadow and substance; inseparable (for men) yet not hostile, only opposed.
Thomas CarlyleGovernment is emphatically a machine: to the discontented a taxing machine, to the contented a machine for securing property.
Thomas Carlyle