Grace is the absence of everything that indicates pain or difficulty, hesitation or incongruity. – William Hazlitt
We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with gives us courage to proceed, or damps our efforts. – William Hazlitt
Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other peoples weaknesses. – William Hazlitt
I hate to be near the sea, and to hear it raging and roaring like a wild beast in its den. It puts me in mind of the everlasting efforts of the human mind, struggling to be free and ending just where it began. – William Hazlitt