Persons who undertake to pry into, or cleanse out all the filth of a common sewer, either cannot have very nice noses, or will soon lose them.
William HazlittTo think justly, we must understand what others mean. To know the value of our thoughts, we must try their effect on other minds.
William HazlittWant of principle is power. Truth and honesty set a limit to our efforts, which impudence and hypocrisy easily overleap.
William Hazlitt