William Hazlitt

"To think ill of mankind and not wish ill to them, is perhaps the highest wisdom and virtue."

"Rules and models destroy genius and art."

"The seat of knowledge is in the head; of wisdom, in the heart. We are sure to judge wrong, if we do not feel right."

"Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people's weaknesses."

"If you give an audience a chance they will do half your acting for you."

"Life is the art of being well deceived; and in order that the deception may succeed it must be habitual and uninterrupted."

"A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles."

"A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would make a dupe of himself too, if he could."

"If we wish to know the force of human genius, we should read Shakespeare. If we wish to see the insignificance of human learning, we may study his commentators."

"If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory."

"It is not fit that every man should travel; it makes a wise man better, and a fool worse."

"Learning is its own exceeding great reward."

"Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or disgust; hatred alone is immortal."

"Poetry is all that is worth remembering in life."

"Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds with nature and itself. He who has a contempt for poetry, cannot have much respect for himself, or for anything else."

"Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater."

"The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves."

"The more we do, the more we can do."

"Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves."

"We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with gives us courage to proceed, or damps our efforts."

"We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understandings and our hearts."

"You know more of a road by having traveled it than by all the conjectures and descriptions in the world."