Grace is the absence of everything that indicates pain or difficulty, hesitation or incongruity. – William Hazlitt
A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles. – William Hazlitt
The truly proud man knows neither superiors or inferiors. The first he does not admit of – the last he does not concern himself about. – William Hazlitt
Fame is the inheritance not of the dead, but of the living. It is we who look back with lofty pride to the great names of antiquity. – William Hazlitt
Do not keep on with a mockery of friendship after the substance is gone – but part, while you can part friends. Bury the carcass of friendship: it is not worth embalming. – William Hazlitt
I would like to spend the whole of my life traveling, if I could anywhere borrow another life to spend at home. – William Hazlitt
The dupe of friendship, and the fool of love; have I not reason to hate and to despise myself? Indeed I do; and chiefly for not having hated and despised the world enough. – William Hazlitt
Gracefulness has been defined to be the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul. – William Hazlitt
A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would make a dupe of himself too, if he could. – William Hazlitt
A scholar is like a book written in a dead language. It is not every one that can read in it. – William Hazlitt
Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are, and what they ought to be. – William Hazlitt
Envy among other ingredients has a mixture of the love of justice in it. We are more angry at undeserved than at deserved good-fortune. – William Hazlitt
That which is not, shall never be; that which is, shall never cease to be. To the wise, these truths are self-evident. – William Hazlitt
The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves. – William Hazlitt
Grace has been defined as the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul. – William Hazlitt
There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force it any more than love. – William Hazlitt
If we wish to know the force of human genius, we should read Shakespeare. If we wish to see the insignificance of human learning, we may study his commentators. – William Hazlitt
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. – William Hazlitt
