Thomas Carlyle (4 December 1795 – 5 February 1881) was a Scottish essayist, historian, and philosopher from the Scottish Lowlands. A leading writer of the Victorian era, he exerted a profound influence on 19th-century art, literature, and philosophy.
Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness.
Love is not altogether a delirium, yet it has many points in common therewith.
—Carl Hilty in Happiness: Essays on the Meaning of Life
Everything I like is either illegal, immoral or fattening.