There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force it any more than love. – William Hazlitt
The perfect joys of heaven do not satisfy the cravings of nature. – William Hazlitt

There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force it any more than love. – William Hazlitt
The perfect joys of heaven do not satisfy the cravings of nature. – 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
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