Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less rascal in the world. – Thomas Carlyle
Even in the meanest sorts of labor, the whole soul of a man is composed into a kind of real harmony the instant he sets himself to work. – Thomas Carlyle
To reform a world, to reform a nation, no wise man will undertake and all but foolish men know, that the only solid, though a far slower reformation, is what each begins and perfects on himself. – Thomas Carlyle
A person who is gifted sees the essential point and leaves the rest as surplus. – Thomas Carlyle