Laughter is the cipher key wherewith we decipher the whole man
The Present is the living sum-total of the whole Past.
Force, force, everywhere force; we ourselves a mysterious force in the centre of that. "There is not a leaf rotting on the highway but has Force in it: how else could it rot?" [As used in his time, by the word force, Carlyle means energy.]
Caution is the lower story of prudence.
If Hero means sincere man, why may not every one of us be a Hero?
Egotism is the source and summary of all faults and miseries.