It is well that there is no one without a fault; for he would not have a friend in the world. - William Hazlitt

A gentleman is one who understands and shows every mark of deference to the claims of self-love in others, and exacts it in return from them.

Unlimited power is helpless, as arbitrary power is capricious. Our energy is in proportion to the resistance it meets. We can attempt nothing great, but from a sense of the difficulties we have to encounter: we can persevere in nothing great, but from a pride in overcoming them.

If the world were good for nothing else, it is a fine subject for speculation.