It were a real increase of human happiness, could all young men from the age of nineteen — Thomas Carlyle
Laughter is one of the very privileges of reason, being confined to the human species. — Thomas Carlyle
Long stormy spring-time, wet contentious april, winter chilling the lap of very may; — Thomas Carlyle
If you look deep enough you will see music; the heart of nature being everywhere music. — Thomas Carlyle
Imperfection clings to a person, and if they wait till they are brushed off entirely — Thomas Carlyle
Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we have left our work done behind us. — Thomas Carlyle
Do not be embarrassed by your mistakes. Nothing can teach us better than our understanding of them. — Thomas Carlyle
The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground — Thomas Carlyle
This world, after all our science and sciences, is still a miracle; wonderful, inscrutable — Thomas Carlyle
A man willing to work, and unable to find work, is perhaps the saddest sight that fortune’s inequality exhibits under this sun. — Thomas Carlyle