The book-worm wraps himself up in his web of verbal generalities, and sees only the glimmering shadows of things reflected from the minds of others.
William HazlittPersons of slender intellectual stamina dread competition, as dwarfs are afraid of being run over in the street.
William HazlittTears may be considered as the natural and involuntary resource of the mind overcome by some sudden and violent emotion, before ithas had time to reconcile its feelings to the change in circumstances: while laughter may be defined to be the same sort of convulsive and involuntary movement, occasioned by mere sur prise or contrast (in the absence of any more serious emotion), before it has time to reconcile its belief to contradictory appearances.
William HazlittThere are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force it any more than love.
William Hazlitt