The most silent people are generally those who think most highly of themselves. William Hazlitt
Prejudice is the child of ignorance. William Hazlitt
The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are the more leisure we have. William Hazlitt
Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity is a greater. William Hazlitt
Books let us into their souls and lay open to us the secrets of our own. William Hazlitt
It is well that there is no one without a fault for he would not have a friend in the world. William Hazlitt
No man is truly great who is great only in his own lifetime. The test of greatness is the page of history. William Hazlitt
The only vice which cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is itself hypocrisy. William Hazlitt
If mankind had wished for what is right, they might have had it long ago. William Hazlitt
Few things tend more to alienate friendship than a want of punctuality in our engagements. I have known the breach of a promise to dine or sup to break up more than one intimacy. William Hazlitt
Life is the art of being well deceived; and in order that the deception may succeed it must be habitual and uninterrupted. William Hazlitt
When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a subject of interest. William Hazlitt
Without the aid of prejudice and custom, I should not be able to find my way across the room. William Hazlitt
Taste is nothing but an enlarged capacity for receiving pleasure from works of imagination. William Hazlitt
Affectation is as necessary to the mind as dress is to the body. William Hazlitt
If we use no ceremony towards others, we shall be treated without any. People are soon tired of paying trifling attentions to those who receive them with coldness, and return them with neglect. William Hazlitt
The confession of our failings is a thankless office. It savours less of sincerity or modesty than of ostentation. It seems as if we thought our weaknesses as good as other people’s virtues. William Hazlitt
Elegance is something more than ease; it is more than a freedom from awkwardness or restraint. It implies, I conceive, a precision, a polish, a sparkling, spirited yet delicate. William Hazlitt
Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.