William Hazlitt

I should like to spend the whole of my life in travelling abroad, if I could anywhere borrow another life read more

I should like to spend the whole of my life in travelling abroad, if I could anywhere borrow another life to spend afterwards at home.

Genius, like humanity, rusts for want of use.

Genius, like humanity, rusts for want of use.

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity is a greater. Possession pampers the mind; privation trains and strengthens it.

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity is a greater. Possession pampers the mind; privation trains and strengthens it.

Every man, in his own opinion, forms an exception to the ordinary rules of morality.

Every man, in his own opinion, forms an exception to the ordinary rules of morality.

Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering the weaknesses of others.

Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering the weaknesses of others.