Let me have my own way in exactly everything and a sunnier and pleasanter creature does not exist.
Thomas CarlyleInstead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the mark to say that man is the architect of circumstance.
Thomas CarlyleThis we take it is the grand characteristic of our age. By our skill in Mechanism, it has come to pass, that in the management ofexternal things we excel all other ages; while in whatever respects the pure moral nature, in true dignity of soul and character, we are perhaps inferior to most civilised ages.
Thomas Carlyle