William Hazlitt Quotes about Friendship

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To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of strength of mind.

To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of strength of mind.

William Hazlitt

Friendship, Strength, Heart

William Hazlitt, William Ernest Henley (1902). “The Collected Works of William Hazlitt: Memoirs of Thomas Holcroft. Liber amoris. Characteristics”

There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force it any more than love.

William Hazlitt

Love, Friendship, Force

William Hazlitt (1837). “Characteristics: in the manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims [by W. Hazlitt].”, p.87

True friendship is self-love at second-hand.

William Hazlitt

Friendship, True Friend, Self

William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1871, Delphi Classics

Do not keep on with a mockery of friendship after the substance is gone - but part, while you can part friends. Bury the carcass of friendship: it is not worth embalming.

William Hazlitt

Friendship, Gone, Substance

William Hazlitt (1889). “William Hazlitt, Essayist and Critic: Selections from His Writings with a Memoir, Biographical and Critical”

He will never have true friends who is afraid of making enemies.

William Hazlitt

Friendship, True Friend, Fear

William Hazlitt (1837). “Characteristics: in the manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims [by W. Hazlitt].”, p.142

Natural affection is a prejudice; for though we have cause to love our nearest connections better than others, we have no reason to think them better than others.

William Hazlitt

Friendship, Thinking, Connections

William Hazlitt (1852). “Men and manners: sketches and essays”, p.102

The corpse of friendship is not worth embalming.

William Hazlitt

Friendship, Embalming, Corpses

Friendship is cemented by interest, vanity, or the want of amusement; it seldom implies esteem, or even mutual regard.

William Hazlitt

Friendship, Vanity, Amusement

William Hazlitt (1871). “The Round Table. A collection of Essays ... By W. H. and Leigh Hunt”, p.526

The most violent friendships soonest wear themselves out.

William Hazlitt

Friendship, Emo, Violent

William Hazlitt (1837). “Characteristics: in the manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims [by W. Hazlitt].”, p.87

The youth is better than the old age of friendship.

William Hazlitt

Friendship, Age, Youth

William Hazlitt (1871). “The Round Table. A collection of Essays ... By W. H. and Leigh Hunt”, p.493

The soil of friendship is worn out with constant use. Habit may still attach us to each other, but we feel ourselves fettered by it. Old friends might be compared to old married people without the tie of children.

William Hazlitt

Friendship, Children, Ties

William Hazlitt (1871). “The Round Table. A collection of Essays ... By W. H. and Leigh Hunt”, p.493

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.

William Hazlitt

Friendship, Breakup, Promise

William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1873, Delphi Classics