Few things tend more to alienate friendship than a want of punctuality in our engagements. I have known the breach of a promise to dine or sup to break up more than one intimacy.

Quote by William Hazlitt

Topics: Friendship Quotes

Some one is generally sure to be the sufferer by a joke.

Some one is generally sure to be the sufferer by a joke.

There are many who talk on from ignorance rather than from knowledge, and who find...

There are many who talk on from ignorance rather than from knowledge, and who find...

We are not hypocrites in our sleep.

We are not hypocrites in our sleep.

The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the...

The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the...

Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.

Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.

We are not hypocrites in our sleep

We are not hypocrites in our sleep

As is our confidence, so is our capacity.

As is our confidence, so is our capacity.

Genius not only diagnoses the situation but supplies the answers.

Genius not only diagnoses the situation but supplies the answers.

To give a reason for anything is to breed a doubt of it

To give a reason for anything is to breed a doubt of it

You will hear more good things on the outside of a stagecoach from London to...

You will hear more good things on the outside of a stagecoach from London to...

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 soul of a journey is liberty, perfect liberty, to think, feel, do just as...

The soul of a journey is liberty, perfect liberty, to think, feel, do just as...

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is...

Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is...

The smallest pain in our little finger gives us more concern than the destruction of...

The smallest pain in our little finger gives us more concern than the destruction of...

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 wise man can have a contempt for the prejudices of others; and he should...

No wise man can have a contempt for the prejudices of others; and he should...

The only cure for contempt is counter-contempt.

The only cure for contempt is counter-contempt.

Comedy is defiance. It's a snort of contempt in the face of fear and anxiety....

Comedy is defiance. It's a snort of contempt in the face of fear and anxiety....

More negatives write than call. It's a cheap shot for me to go on the...

More negatives write than call. It's a cheap shot for me to go on the...

If you and your children fare well, and your affairs be to your contentment, I...

If you and your children fare well, and your affairs be to your contentment, I...