The mind of man is like a clock that is always running down, and requires to be constantly wound up.
William HazlittSincerity has to do with the connexion between our words and thoughts, and not between our beliefs and actions.
William HazlittThere is nothing good to be had in the country, or if there is, they will not let you have it.
William HazlittThe secret of the difficulties of those people who make a great deal of money, and yet are always in want of it, is this-they throw it away as soon as they get it on the first whim or extravagance that strikes them, and have nothing left to meet ordinary expenses or discharge old debts.
William Hazlitt