William Hazlitt Writer

Prosperity is a great teacher adversity a greater. teacher

There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force it any more than love. friendship

Satirists gain the applause of others through fear, not through love. fear

The incentive to ambition is the love of power. power

We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with gives us courage to proceed, or damps our efforts. courage

We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understandings and our hearts. nature

A wise traveler never despises his own country. travel

To be happy, we must be true to nature and carry our age along with us. age & nature

The perfect joys of heaven do not satisfy the cravings of nature. nature

I would like to spend the whole of my life traveling, if I could anywhere borrow another life to spend at home. home

Learning is its own exceeding great reward. learning

Zeal will do more than knowledge. knowledge

It is not fit that every man should travel it makes a wise man better, and a fool worse. travel

A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles. smile & work

No man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime. The test of greatness is the page of history. history

People of genius do not excel in any profession because they work in it, they work in it because they excel. work

If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory. faith

A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would make a dupe of himself too, if he could. respect

The art of pleasing consists in being pleased. art

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food. food

Life is the art of being well deceived and in order that the deception may succeed it must be habitual and uninterrupted. art

The love of liberty is the love of others the love of power is the love of ourselves. power

The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much. art & life

Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or disgust hatred alone is immortal. alone

To think ill of mankind and not wish ill to them, is perhaps the highest wisdom and virtue. wisdom

Rules and models destroy genius and art. art

Hope is the best possession. None are completely wretched but those who are without hope. Few are reduced so low as that. best & hope

Grace in women has more effect than beauty. beauty & women

A grave blockhead should always go about with a lively one - they show one another off to the best advantage. best

Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people's weaknesses. art

The humblest painter is a true scholar and the best of scholars the scholar of nature. best & nature

You know more of a road by having traveled it than by all the conjectures and descriptions in the world. travel

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. knowledge & wisdom

Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves. peace & war

Poetry is all that is worth remembering in life. poetry

An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence a vain man, in order that it may. truth

To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of strength of mind. friendship & strength

There is a heroism in crime as well as in virtue. Vice and infamy have their altars and their religion. religion