Innumerable are the illusions and legerdemain-tricks of custom: but of all of these, perhaps the cleverest is her knack of persuading us that the miraculous, by simple repetition, ceases to be miraculous.
Thomas CarlylePain was not given thee merely to be miserable under; learn from it, turn it to account.
Thomas CarlyleMan is, and was always, a block-head and dullard; much readier to feel and digest, than to think and consider.
Thomas CarlyleA person with a clear purpose will make progress, even on the roughest road. A person with no purpose will make no progress, even on the smoothest road.
Thomas Carlyle