Government is emphatically a machine: to the discontented a taxing machine, to the contented a machine for securing property.
Thomas CarlyleLittle other than a red tape Talking-machine, and unhappy Bag of Parliamentary Eloquence.
Thomas CarlylePerfect ignorance is quiet, perfect knowledge is quiet; not so the transition from the former to the latter.
Thomas CarlyleConsidering the multitude of mortals that handle the pen in these days, and can mostly spell, and write without glaring violations of grammar, the question naturally arises: How is it, then, that no work proceeds from them, bearing any stamp of authenticity and permanence; of worth for more than one day?
Thomas Carlyle