We are not altogether here to tolerate. We are here to resist, to control and vanquish withal.
Thomas CarlyleProfessors of the Dismal Science, I perceive the length of your tether is now pretty well run; and I must request you to talk a little lower in the future.
Thomas CarlyleThe modern majesty consists in work. What a man can do is his greatest ornament, and he always consults his dignity by doing it.
Thomas CarlyleMay blessings be upon the head of Cadmus, the Phoenicians, or whoever it was that invented books.
Thomas Carlyle