809 Quotes by William Hazlitt

The most sensible people to be met with in society are men of business and of the world, who argue from what they see and know, instead of spinning cobweb distinctions of what things ought to be.

Cowardice is not synonymous with prudence. It often happens that the better part of discretion is valor.

Silence is the one great art of conversation.

Wit is the rarest quality to be met with among people of education, and the most common among the uneducated.

Simplicity of character is the natural result of profound thought.

Women never reason, and therefore they are (comparatively) seldom wrong.

A great mind is one that can forget or look beyond itself.

Silence is one great art of conversation. He is not a fool who knows when to hold his tongue; and a person may gain credit for sense, eloquence, wit, who merely says nothing to lessen the opinion which others have of these qualities in themselves.

Sincerity has to do with the connect between our words and thoughts, and not between our belief and actions.