Those who can command themselves command others.

Quote by William Hazlitt

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Reflection makes men cowards.

Reflection makes men cowards.

If you give an audience a chance they will do half your acting for you.

If you give an audience a chance they will do half your acting for you.

The public is so in awe of its own opinion that it never dares to...

The public is so in awe of its own opinion that it never dares to...

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

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

It is not the errors of others, but our own miscalculations, on which we wreak...

It is not the errors of others, but our own miscalculations, on which we wreak...

Perhaps the best cure for the fear of death is to reflect that life has...

Perhaps the best cure for the fear of death is to reflect that life has...

There is no one thoroughly despicable. We cannot descend much lower than an idiot; and...

There is no one thoroughly despicable. We cannot descend much lower than an idiot; and...

We can bear to be deprived of everything but our self-conceit.

We can bear to be deprived of everything but our self-conceit.

The more we do, the more we can do.

The more we do, the more we can do.

The most learned are often the most narrow minded.

The most learned are often the most narrow minded.

Love at first sight is only realizing an imagination that has always haunted us; or...

Love at first sight is only realizing an imagination that has always haunted us; or...

To a superior race of being the pretensions of mankind to extraordinary sanctity and virtue...

To a superior race of being the pretensions of mankind to extraordinary sanctity and virtue...

Modesty is the lowest of the virtues, and is a confession of the deficiency it...

Modesty is the lowest of the virtues, and is a confession of the deficiency it...

We never do anything well till we cease to think about the manner of doing...

We never do anything well till we cease to think about the manner of doing...

We are not hypocrites in our sleep.

We are not hypocrites in our sleep.

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 like a friend better for having faults that one can talk about

I like a friend better for having faults that one can talk about

Principle is a passion for truth

Principle is a passion for truth

The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do....

The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do....

All credibility, all good conscience, all evidence of truth come only from the senses.

All credibility, all good conscience, all evidence of truth come only from the senses.