Thomas carlyle

Imperfection clings to a person, and if they wait till they are brushed off entirely, they would spin for ever on their axis, advancing nowhere.

The eye sees what it brings the power to see.

Love is the only game that is not called on account of darkness.

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.

All that mankind has done, thought or been: it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of books.

Teach a parrot the terms 'supply and demand' and you've got an economist.

Clever men are good, but they are not the best.

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.

Reform is not pleasant, but grievous; no person can reform themselves without suffering and hard work, how much less a nation.

A laugh, to be joyous, must flow from a joyous heart, for without kindness, there can be no true joy.