To speak highly of one with whom we are intimate is a species of egotism. Our modesty as well as our jealousy teaches us caution on this subject.
William HazlittWhat is popular is not necessarily vulgar; and that which we try to rescue from fatal obscurity had in general much better remain where it is.
William HazlittEven in the common affairs of life, in love, friendship, and marriage, how little security have we when we trust our happiness in the hands of others!
William Hazlitt