More From William Hazlitt
- "Do not keep on with a mockery of friendship after the substance is gone – but part, while you can part friends. Bury the carcass of friendship: it is not worth embalming."
- "A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles."
- "People of genius do not excel in any profession because they work in it, they work in it because they excel."
More In Great
- "Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions."― Samuel Johnson
- "The first test of a truly great man is his humility. By humility I don’t mean doubt of his powers or hesitation in speaking his opinion, but merely an understanding of the relationship of what he can say and what he can do."― John Ruskin
- "Fishes live in the sea, as men do a-land; the great ones eat up the little ones."― William Shakespeare