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!

Quote by William Hazlitt

Topics: Complicated Relationship Quotes, Friendship Quotes

Satirists gain the applause of others through fear, not through love.

Satirists gain the applause of others through fear, not through love.

The mind of man is like a clock that is always running down, and requires...

The mind of man is like a clock that is always running down, and requires...

There is not a more mean, stupid, dastardly, pitiful, selfish, spiteful, envious, ungrateful animal than...

There is not a more mean, stupid, dastardly, pitiful, selfish, spiteful, envious, ungrateful animal than...

Though familiarity may not breed contempt, it takes off the edge of admiration.

Though familiarity may not breed contempt, it takes off the edge of admiration.

Learning is the knowledge of that which is not generally known to others, and which...

Learning is the knowledge of that which is not generally known to others, and which...

I should like to spend the whole of my life in traveling abroad, if I...

I should like to spend the whole of my life in traveling abroad, if I...

People of genius do not excel in any profession because they work in it, they...

People of genius do not excel in any profession because they work in it, they...

Look up, laugh loud, talk big, keep the color in your cheek and the fire...

Look up, laugh loud, talk big, keep the color in your cheek and the fire...

It is hard for any one to be an honest politician who is not born...

It is hard for any one to be an honest politician who is not born...

A strong passion for any object will ensure success, for the desire of the end...

A strong passion for any object will ensure success, for the desire of the end...

The only vice that cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is...

The only vice that cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is...

The only vice that cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is...

The only vice that cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is...

There are only three pleasures in life pure and lasting, and all derived from inanimate...

There are only three pleasures in life pure and lasting, and all derived from inanimate...

No man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime. The test of...

No man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime. The test of...

I would like to spend the whole of my life traveling, if I could anywhere...

I would like to spend the whole of my life traveling, if I could anywhere...

The least pain in our little finger gives us more concern and uneasiness than the...

The least pain in our little finger gives us more concern and uneasiness than the...

The busier we are the more leisure we have.

The busier we are the more leisure we have.

To great evils we submit; we resent little provocations

To great evils we submit; we resent little provocations

We believe no evil till the evil's done

We believe no evil till the evil's done

Evil is like water, it abounds, is cheap, soon fouls, but runs itself clear of...

Evil is like water, it abounds, is cheap, soon fouls, but runs itself clear of...