I like a person who knows his own mind and sticks to it; who sees at once what, in given circumstances, is to be done, and does it.
William HazlittThe contemplation of truth and beauty is the proper object for which we were created, which calls forth the most intense desires of the soul, and of which it never tires.
William HazlittAs we advance in life, we acquire a keener sense of the value of time. Nothing else, indeed, seems of any consequence; and we become misers in this respect.
William Hazlitt