"This world is a place of business...." - Quote by Henry David Thoreau

“Beside some philosophers of larger vision, Carlyle stands like an honest, half-despairing boy, grasping at some details only of their world systems.”

“The man who is dissatisfied with himself, what can he do?”

“Maturity is when all of your mirrors turn into windows.”

“The policy or advantage of [immigration] taking place in a body (I mean the settling of them in a body) may be much questioned; for, by so doing, they retain the language, habits, and principles (good or bad) which they bring with them. Whereas by an intermixture with our people, they, or their descendants, get assimilated to our customs, measures, and laws: in a word, soon become one people.”

“Society is a masked ball, where every one hides his real character, and reveals it by hiding.”

“The upper class desire to remain so, the middle class wish to overthrow the upper class, and the lower class want a classless system.”

“I call myself a labourer because I take pride in calling myself a spinner, weaver, farmer and scavenger.”

“The beginning is the most important part of the work.”

“I really think I am where I am in spite of my training, not because of it. I don't know how unique my work is, because I never compare it.”