We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with gives us courage to proceed, or damps our efforts.
William HazlittHuman life may be regarded as a succession of frontispieces. The way to be satisfied is never to look back.
William HazlittA great man la an abstraction of some one excellence; but whoever fancies himself an abstraction of excellence, so far from being great, may be sure that he is a blockhead, equally ignorant of excellence or defect of himself or others.
William HazlittWe are governed by sympathy; and the extent of our sympathy is determined by that of our sensibility
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