Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food. – William Hazlitt
Even in the common affairs of life, in love, friendship, and marriage, how little security have we when we trust our happiness in the hands of others! – 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
The smallest pain in our little finger gives us more concern than the destruction of millions of our fellow beings. – William Hazlitt