A man's reputation is not in his own keeping, but lies at the mercy of the profligacy of others. Calumny requires no proof.
William HazlittThey are, as it were, train-bearers in the pageant of life, and hold a glass up to humanity, frailer than itself. We see ourselves at second-hand in them: they show us all that we are, all that we wish to be, and all that we dread to be. What brings the resemblance nearer is, that, as they imitate us, we, in our turn, imitate them. There is no class of society whom so many persons regard with affection as actors.
William HazlittTo display the greatest powers, unless they are applied to great purposes, makes nothing for the character of greatness.
William HazlittThere is nothing good to be had in the country, or if there is, they will not let you have it.
William Hazlitt