Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better. Silence is deep as Eternity; speech is shallow as Time.
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
The block of granite, which was an obstacle in the path of the weak, becomes a stepping stone in the path of the strong.
Thomas Carlyle
Sarcasm is the language of the devil, for which reason I have long since as good as renounced it.
Thomas Carlyle
The three great elements of modern civilization, Gunpowder, Printing, and the Protestant Religion.
Thomas Carlyle
A man's felicity consists not in the outward and visible blessing of fortune, but in the inward and unseen perfections and riches of the mind.
Thomas Carlyle