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Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are and what they might of been.

Indolence is a delightful but distressing state. We must be doing something to be happy.

To get others to come into our ways of thinking, we must go over to theirs; and it is necessary to follow, in order to lead.

The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure much.

To be remembered after we are dead, is but poor recompense for being treated with contempt while we are living.

Modesty is the lowest of the virtues, and is a confession of the deficiency it indicates. He who undervalues himself is justly overvalued by others.

Those only deserve a monument who do not need one.

He who would see old Hoghton right Must view it by the pale moonlight.

Every man, in his own opinion, forms an exception to the ordinary rules of morality.

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

Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part.

The truly proud man knows neither superiors nor inferiors. The first he does not admit of; the last he does not concern himself about.

The public have neither shame nor gratitude.

To give a reason for anything is to breed a doubt of it.

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.

One said he wondered that leather was not dearer than any other thing. Being demanded a reason: because, saith he, it is more stood upon than any other thing in the world. - William Hazlitt,

The title of Ultracrepidarian critics has been given to those persons who find fault with small and insignificant details.

One commending a Tayler for his dexteritie in his profession, another standing by ratified his opinion, saying tailors had their business at their fingers' ends. - William Hazlitt,

Good temper is one of the greatest preservers of the features.

Good temper is an estate for life.