A distinction has been made between acuteness and subtlety of understanding. This might be illustrated by saying that acuteness consists in taking up the points or solid atoms, subtlety in feeling the air of truth.
William HazlittWe uniformly applaud what is right and condemn what is wrong, when it costs us nothing but the sentiment.
William HazlittConceit is vanity driven from all other shifts, and forced to appeal to itself for admiration.
William HazlittLiberty is the only true riches: of all the rest we are at once the masters and the slaves.
William Hazlitt