The poetical impression of any object is that uneasy, exquisite sense of beauty or power that cannot be contained within itself; that is impatient of all limit; that (as flame bends to flame) strives to link itself to some other image of kindred beauty or grandeur; to enshrine itself, as it were, in the highest forms of fancy, and to relieve the aching sense of pleasure by expressing it in the boldest manner.
William HazlittA grave blockhead should always go about with a lively one - they show one another off to the best advantage.
William HazlittEnvy is the most universal passion. We only pride ourselves on the qualities we possess, or think we possess; but we envy the pretensions we have, and those which we have not, and do not even wish for. We envy the greatest qualities and every trifling advantage. We envy the most ridiculous appearance or affectation of superiority. We envy folly and conceit; nay, we go so far as to envy whatever confers distinction of notoriety, even vice and infamy.
William HazlittI hate anything that occupies more space than it is worth... I hate to see a parcel of big words without anything in them.
William HazlittTo be wiser than other men is to be honester than they; and strength of mind is only courage to see and speak the truth.
William Hazlitt