Men are in numberless instances qualified for certain things, for no other reason than because they are qualified for nothing else.
William HazlittWe grow tired of everything but turning others into ridicule, and congratulating ourselves on their defects.
William HazlittPersons of slender intellectual stamina dread competition, as dwarfs are afraid of being run over in the street.
William HazlittThe secret of the difficulties of those people who make a great deal of money, and yet are always in want of it, is this-they throw it away as soon as they get it on the first whim or extravagance that strikes them, and have nothing left to meet ordinary expenses or discharge old debts.
William Hazlitt