“Our friends are generally ready to do everything for us, except the very thing we wish them to do.” William Hazlitt
“People of genius do not excel in any profession because they work in it, they work in it because they excel.” William Hazlitt
“That which is not, shall never be; that which is, shall never cease to be. To the wise, these truths are self-evident.” William Hazlitt
“The mind of man is like a clock that is always running down, and requires to be constantly wound up.” William Hazlitt
“The seat of knowledge is in the head; of wisdom, in the heart. We are sure to judge wrong, if we do not feel right.” William Hazlitt
“The true barbarian is he who thinks everything barbarous but his own tastes and prejudices.” William Hazlitt
“Those who make their dress a principal part of themselves, will, in general, become of no more value than their dress.” William Hazlitt
“To think ill of mankind and not wish ill to them, is perhaps the highest wisdom and virtue.” William Hazlitt
“When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a subject of interest.” William Hazlitt
“There are few things in which we deceive ourselves more than in the esteem we profess to entertain for our firends. It is little better than a piece of quackery. The truth is, we think of them as we please, that is, as they please or displease us.” William Hazlitt
“Fame is the inheritance not of the dead, but of the living. It is we who look back with lofty pride to the great names of antiquity.” William Hazlitt
“Gracefulness has been defined to be the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul.” William Hazlitt
“If I have not read a book before, it is, for all intents and purposes, new to me whether it was printed yesterday or three hundred years ago.” William Hazlitt
“It is better to be able neither to read nor write than to be able to do nothing else.” William Hazlitt
“It is hard for any one to be an honest politician who is not born and bred a Dissenter.” William Hazlitt
“Old friendships are like meats served up repeatedly, cold, comfortless, and distasteful. The stomach turns against them.” William Hazlitt
