If those gentlemen would let me alone I should be much obliged to them. I would say, as Shakespeare would say... Sweet Friend, for Jesus sake forbear.
Thomas CarlyleI know so little about any history. How little do I know even about the history of myself.
Thomas CarlyleThe work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green.
Thomas CarlyleAll sorts of Heroes are intrinsically of the same material; that given a great soul, open to the Divine Significance of Life, then there is given a man fit to speak of this, to sing of this, to fight and work for this, in a great, victorious, enduring manner; there is given a Hero, -- the outward shape of whom will depend on the time and the environment he finds himself in.
Thomas Carlyle