More quotes by William Hazlitt

"The most insignificant people are the most apt to sneer at others. They are safe from reprisals. And have no hope of rising in their own self esteem but by lowering their neighbors."
"Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people's weaknesses."
"There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force it any more than love."
"Rules and models destroy genius and art."
"The dupe of friendship, and the fool of love; have I not reason to hate and to despise myself? Indeed I do; and chiefly for not having hated and despised the world enough."