William Hazlitt

The most silent people are generally those who think most highly of themselves.

Those people who are uncomfortable in themselves are disagreeable to others.

Let a man's talents or virtues be what they may he will only feel satisfaction in his society as he is satisfied in himself.

Let a man's talents or virtues be what they may he will only feel satisfaction as he is satisfied in himself.

Learning is the knowledge of that which none but the learned know.

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.

We had as lief not be as not be ourselves.

It is essential to the triumph of reform that it shall never succeed.

The public have neither shame nor gratitude.

Prejudice is the child of ignorance.

The truly proud man is satisfied with his own good opinion and does not seek to make converts to it.

As is our confidence so is our capacity.

Landscape painting is the obvious resource of misanthropy.

Envy among other ingredients has a mixture of the love of justice in it. We are more angry at undeserved than at deserved good fortune.

Those who are fond of setting things to rights have no great objection to setting them wrong.

Without the aid of prejudice and custom I should not be able to find my way across the room.

We attempt nothing great but from a sense of the difficulties we have to encounter we persevere in nothing great but from a pride in overcoming them.

Those only deserve a monument who do not need one.