William Hazlitt1778–1830- The Plain Speaker (1826)
- Lectures on the English Poets (1818), Lecture VIII, “On the Living Poets”
- Characteristics, in the manner of Rochefoucauld’s Maxims (1823), No. 34
- The Spirit of the Age (1825), “Jeremy Bentham”
- Characteristics, in the manner of Rochefoucauld’s Maxims (1823), No. 19
- “On Reading New Books” (1825)
The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have.
The Spirit of the Age (1825), “Mr. Brougham — Sir F. Burdett”The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves.
Political Essays (1819), “The Times Newspaper”It is well that there is no one without a fault; for he would not have a friend in the world.
Characteristics, in the manner of Rochefoucauld’s Maxims (1823), No. 66The way to procure insults is to submit to them. A man meets with no more respect than he exacts.
Characteristics, in the manner of Rochefoucauld’s Maxims (1823), No. 402- “A Farewell to Essay-Writing” (March 1828)
The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure much.
“Common Places,” No. 1, The Literary Examiner (September—December 1823), reprinted in The Collected Works of William Hazlitt (1902-1904)- “On The Conduct of Life” (1822)
- Political Essays (1819), Preface
