Every one in a crowd has the power to throw dirt; none out of ten have the inclination.
William HazlittA person who talks with equal vivacity on every subject, excites no interest in any. Repose is as necessary in conversation as in a picture.
William HazlittWe do not die wholly at our deaths: we have mouldered away gradually long before. Faculty after faculty, interest after interest, attachment after attachment disappear: we are torn from ourselves while living.
William Hazlitt