809 Quotes by William Hazlitt

Books let us into their souls and lay open to us the secrets of our own.

The art of pleasing consists in being pleased.

The rule for traveling abroad is to take our common sense with us, and leave our prejudices behind.

Grace in women has more effect than beauty.

Our energy is in proportion to the resistance it meets.

Faith is necessary to victory.

Without the aid of prejudice and custom, I should not be able to find my way across the room.

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

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