“A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of.”
Great
“Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it courage which arises from a sense of duty acts in a uniform manner.”
CourageAll Quotes by Joseph Addison
“Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.”
Happiness“Young men soon give, and soon forget, affronts old age is slow in both.”
Age“The fear of death often proves mortal, and sets people on methods to save their Lives, which infallibly destroy them.”
Death“Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it fills the soul with an agreeable surprise, gratifies its curiosity, and gives it an idea of which it was not before possessed.”
Imagination“There is not so variable a thing in nature as a lady's head-dress.”
Nature“The utmost extent of man's knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing.”
Knowledge“Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense.”
Change“If we hope for what we are not likely to possess, we act and think in vain, and make life a greater dream and shadow than it really is.”
Hope“Music, the greatest good that mortals know and all of heaven we have hear below.”
Music“There is nothing more requisite in business than despatch.”
Business“I will indulge my sorrows, and give way to all the pangs and fury of despair.”
Sympathy“True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.”
Friendship“Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.”
Best“Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it courage which arises from a sense of duty acts in a uniform manner.”
Courage“The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the wars of elements, The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds.”
Age“Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass.”
Wisdom“Nothing is capable of being well set to music that is not nonsense.”
Music“Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.”
Patience“The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good nature, truth, good sense, and good breeding.”
Nature