There is a heroism in crime as well as in virtue. Vice and infamy have their altars and their religion. – William Hazlitt
Life is the art of being well deceived and in order that the deception may succeed it must be habitual and uninterrupted. – William Hazlitt
There is not a more mean, stupid, dastardly, pitiless, selfish, spiteful, envious, ungrateful animal than the Public. It is the greatest of cowards, for it is afraid of itself. – 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