Let him who gropes painfully in darkness or uncertain light, and prays vehemently that the dawn may ripen into day, lay this precept well to heart: "Do the duty which lies nearest to thee," which thou know to be a duty! Thy second duty will already have become clearer.
Thomas CarlyleShakespeare says, we are creatures that look before and after; the more surprising that we do not look around a little, and see what is passing under our very eyes.
Thomas CarlyleThere needs not a great soul to make a hero; there needs a god-created soul which will be true to its origin; that will be a great soul!
Thomas CarlyleThe hell of these days is the fear of not getting along, especially of not making money.
Thomas Carlyle