The most phlegmatic dispositions often contain the most inflammable spirits, as fire is struck from the hardest flints.
William HazlittShall I faint, now that I have poured out the spirit of my mind to the world, and treated many subjects with truth, with freedom, with power, because I have been followed with one cry of abuse ever since for not being a Government tool?
William HazlittThere is no prejudice so strong as that which arises from a fancied exemption from all prejudice.
William HazlittI do not think that what is called Love at first sight is so great an absurdity as it is sometimes imagined to be. We generally make up our minds beforehand to the sort of person we should like, grave or gay, black, brown, or fair; with golden tresses or raven locks; - and when we meet with a complete example of the qualities we admire, the bargain is soon struck.
William Hazlitt