To be happy, we must be true to nature and carry our age along with us. William Hazlitt on age
Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or disgust hatred alone is immortal. William Hazlitt on alone
Rules and models destroy genius and art. William Hazlitt on art
The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much. William Hazlitt on art
Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people's weaknesses. William Hazlitt on art
Life is the art of being well deceived and in order that the deception may succeed it must be habitual and uninterrupted. William Hazlitt on art
The art of pleasing consists in being pleased. William Hazlitt on art
Look up, laugh loud, talk big, keep the color in your cheek and the fire in your eye, adorn your person, maintain your health, your beauty and your animal spirits. William Hazlitt on beauty
Grace in women has more effect than beauty. William Hazlitt on beauty
Hope is the best possession. None are completely wretched but those who are without hope. Few are reduced so low as that. William Hazlitt on best
A grave blockhead should always go about with a lively one - they show one another off to the best advantage. William Hazlitt on best
The humblest painter is a true scholar and the best of scholars the scholar of nature. William Hazlitt on best
We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with gives us courage to proceed, or damps our efforts. William Hazlitt on courage
Defoe says that there were a hundred thousand country fellows in his time ready to fight to the death against popery, without knowing whether popery was a man or a horse. William Hazlitt on death
Anyone who has passed though the regular gradations of a classical education, and is not made a fool by it, may consider himself as having had a very narrow escape. William Hazlitt on education
If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory. William Hazlitt on faith
Satirists gain the applause of others through fear, not through love. William Hazlitt on fear
Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food. William Hazlitt on food
Even in the common affairs of life, in love, friendship, and marriage, how little security have we when we trust our happiness in the hands of others! William Hazlitt on friendship
To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of strength of mind. William Hazlitt on friendship