The only vice which cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is itself hypocrisy. – William Hazlitt
We grow tired of everything but turning others into ridicule, and congratulating ourselves on their defects. – William Hazlitt
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
If we wish to know the force of human genius, we should read Shakespeare. If we wish to see the insignificance of human learning, we may study his commentators. – William Hazlitt