809 Quotes by William Hazlitt

A man who is determined never to move out of the beaten road cannot lose his way.

A nickname is the heaviest stone that the devil can throw at a man. It is a bugbear to the imagination, and, though we do not believe in it, it still haunts our apprehensions.

Grace has been defined as the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul.

A person who talks with equal vivacity on every subject, excites no interest in any. Repose is as necessary in conversation as in a picture.

Belief is with them mechanical, voluntary: they believe what they are paid for - they swear to that which turns to account. Do you suppose, that after years spent in this manner, they have any feeling left answering to the difference between truth and falsehood?

The world judge of men by their ability in their profession, and we judge of ourselves by the same test: for it is on that on which our success in life depends.

Men are in numberless instances qualified for certain things, for no other reason than because they are qualified for nothing else.

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

The discussing the characters and foibles of common friends is a great sweetness and cement of friendship.