William Hazlitt

We all wear some disguise, make some professions, use some artifice, to set ourselves off as being better than we read more

We all wear some disguise, make some professions, use some artifice, to set ourselves off as being better than we are; and yet it is not denied that we have some good intentions and praiseworthy qualities at bottom.

I should like to spend the whole of my life in travelling abroad, if I could anywhere borrow another life read more

I should like to spend the whole of my life in travelling abroad, if I could anywhere borrow another life to spend afterwards at home.

He who would see old Hoghton right
Must view it by the pale moonlight.

He who would see old Hoghton right
Must view it by the pale moonlight.

One commending a Tayler for his dexteritie in his profession,
another standing by ratified his opinion, saying tailors had read more

One commending a Tayler for his dexteritie in his profession,
another standing by ratified his opinion, saying tailors had
their business at their fingers' ends.
- William Hazlitt,

The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much.

The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much.