Defoe says that there were a hundred thousand country fellows in his time ready to fight to the death against popery, without knowing whether popery was a man or a horse. – William Hazlitt
Anyone who has passed though the regular gradations of a classical education, and is not made a fool by it, may consider himself as having had a very narrow escape. – William Hazlitt
An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence a vain man, in order that it may. – William Hazlitt
There is an unseemly exposure of the mind, as well as of the body. – William Hazlitt
Ive been looking at some video clips on YouTube of President Obama – then candidate Obama – going through Iowa making promises. The gap between his promises and his performance is the largest Ive seen, well, since the Kardashian wedding and the promise of til death do we part. – Mitt Romney