The truth is, we pamper little griefs into great ones, and bear great ones as well as we can.
William HazlittThere is something captivating in spirit and intrepidity, to which, we often yield as to a resistless power; nor can he reasonably expect, the confidence of others who too apparently distrusts himself.
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