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Quotes by Wm. Hazlitt
The objects that we have known in better days are the main props that sustain the weight of our affections, and give us strength to await our future lot. X.— filed under Affection
of Joseph R. Drake. Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel. J. C. and A. W. HARE-Guesses at Truth. Anyone must be mainly ignorant or thoughtless, who is surprised at everything he see or wonderfully conceited who expects everything to conform to his standard of propriety.— filed under Character
Bozzaris. The temple of fame stands upon the grave: the flame that burns upon its altars is kindled from the ashes of dead men.— filed under Fame
Old Manse. The Procession of Life. Genius, like humanity, rusts for want of use.— filed under Genius
He who comes up to his own idea of greatness, must always have had a very low standard of it in his mind.— filed under Greatness
is Conscious of its own Power. No really great man ever thought himself so.— filed under Greatness
One said a tooth drawer was a kind of unconscionable trade, because his trade was nothing else but to take away those things whereby every man gets his living.— filed under Occupations-Hatters
Cobbler. One said he wondered that leather was not dearer than any other thing. Being demanded a reason: because, saith he, it is more stood upon than any other thing in the world.— filed under Occupations-Shoemaking
A gentleman is one who understands and shows every mark of deference to the claims of self-love in others, and exacts it in return from them.— filed under Self-Love
and Everybody. One truth discovered is immortal, and entitles its author to be so: for, like a new substance in nature, it cannot be destroyed.— filed under Truth
Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.— filed under Wit
There is a feeling of Eternity in youth which makes us amends for everything. Te be young is to be as one of the Immortals.— filed under Youth