We grow tired of everything but turning others into ridicule, and congratulating ourselves on their defects. – William Hazlitt
There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force it any more than love. – William Hazlitt
There is a heroism in crime as well as in virtue. Vice and infamy have their altars and their religion. – 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. – William Hazlitt