“My books are friends that never fail me."(Letter to his mother, Margaret A. Carlyle; 17 March 1817)”

“Of all the acts of man, repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults . . . is to be conscious of none." (Thomas Carlyle)”

“(Quoted by Thomas Carlyle) The rude man requires only to see something going on. The man of more refinement must be made to feel. The man of complete refinement must be made to reflect.”

“The greatest university is a collection of books.”

“The true University of these days is a Collection of Books.”

“Wondrous indeed is the virtue of a true Book.”

“The greatest university of all is a collection of books.”