Reflection brakes men cowards. There is no object that can be put in competition with life, unless it is viewed through the medium of passion, and we are hurried away by the impulse of the moment.
William HazlittThat which anyone has been long learning unwillingly, he unlearns with proportional eagerness and haste.
William HazlittThe insolence of the vulgar is in proportion to their ignorance. They treat everything with contempt which they do not understand.
William HazlittThere are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force it any more than love.
William Hazlitt