It is a vain hope to make people happy by politics. – Thomas Carlyle
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 Carlyle
In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom and unwisdom we have to say, Like People like Government. – Thomas Carlyle
The only happiness a brave person ever troubles themselves in asking about, is happiness enough to get their work done. – Thomas Carlyle