Hope is the best possession. None are completely wretched but those who are without hope. Few are reduced so low as that. – William Hazlitt
We find many things to which the prohibition of them constitutes the only temptation. – William Hazlitt
The seat of knowledge is in the head of wisdom, in the heart. We are sure to judge wrong, if we do not feel right. – 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