There is a great discovery still to be made in literature, that of paying literary men by the quantity they do not write. – Thomas Carlyle
Good breeding differs, if at all, from high breeding only as it gracefully remembers the rights of others, rather than gracefully insists on its own rights. – Thomas Carlyle
It is the first of all problems for a man to find out what kind of work he is to do in this universe. – Thomas Carlyle
One tradition I have with my friends is that when one of us gets married, we have a ton of fragrance oils and pretty bottles at the bachelorette party. Everyone puts a drop or two in a bottle for the bride and makes a wish, and the bride wears our creation on her wedding day. – Jennifer Aniston