A wise traveler never despises his own country. – William Hazlitt
I hate to be near the sea, and to hear it roaring and raging 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
To think ill of mankind and not wish ill to them, is perhaps the highest wisdom and virtue. – William Hazlitt
Hope is the best possession. None are completely wretched but those who are without hope. Few are reduced so low as that. – William Hazlitt
The obscurest sayings of the truly great are often those which contain the germ of the profoundest and most useful truths. Genius rapidly traverses the living present to bury itself in the deepest mysteries of the universe; often making the grandest discoveries at a single glance. – Joseph Mazzini