Thomas Carlyle

Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less rascal in the world.

Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less rascal in the world.

What gained we, little moth? Thy ashes,
Thy one brief parting pang may show:
And withering thoughts read more

What gained we, little moth? Thy ashes,
Thy one brief parting pang may show:
And withering thoughts for soul that dashes,
From deep to deep, are but a death more slow.

The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.

The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.

Literary Men are . . . a perpetual priesthood.

Literary Men are . . . a perpetual priesthood.

I shall be an autocrat: that's my trade. And the good Lord will
forgive me: that's his.
[Fr., read more

I shall be an autocrat: that's my trade. And the good Lord will
forgive me: that's his.
[Fr., Moi, je serai autocrate: c'est mon metier. Et le bon Dieu
me pardonnnera: c'est son metier.]