Natural affection is a prejudice; for though we have cause to love our nearest connections better than others, we have no reason to think them better than others.
William HazlittOur notions with respect to the importance of life, and our attachment to it, depend on a principle which has very little to do with its happiness or its misery. The love of life is, in general, the effect not of our enjoyments, but of our passions.
William HazlittLiberty is the only true riches: of all the rest we are at once the masters and the slaves.
William HazlittThe fear of approaching death, which in youth we imagine must cause inquietude to the aged, is very seldom the source of much uneasiness.
William Hazlitt