We grow tired of everything but turning others into ridicule, and congratulating ourselves on their defects. - William Hazlitt

The most silent people are generally those who think most highly of themselves.

One of the pleasantest things in the world is going a journey; but I like to go by myself. I can enjoy society in a room; but out of doors, nature is company enough for me. I am then never less lone than when alone...I cannot see the wit of walking and talking at the same time. When I am in the country, I wish to vegetate like the country...I like solitude, when I give myself up to it, for the sake of solitude...

Life is the art of being well-deceived; and in order that the deception may succeed it must be habitual and uninterrupted.