“There is nothing that makes its way more directly into the soul than beauty.”
Beauty
“A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side.”
TruthAll Quotes by Joseph Addison
“There is nothing more requisite in business than despatch.”
Business“The fear of death often proves mortal, and sets people on methods to save their Lives, which infallibly destroy them.”
Death“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“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“Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation as presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn.”
Great“If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.”
Experience“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“The utmost extent of man's knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing.”
Knowledge“The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good nature, truth, good sense, and good breeding.”
Nature“Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.”
Best“A cloudy day or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many constitutions as the most recent blessings or misfortunes.”
Great“What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul.”
Education“There is not so variable a thing in nature as a lady's head-dress.”
Nature“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“Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had not sown evils enough in life, we are continually adding grief to grief and aggravating the common calamity by our cruel treatment of one another.”
Life“A woman seldom asks advice before she has bought her wedding clothes.”
Wedding“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“I will indulge my sorrows, and give way to all the pangs and fury of despair.”
Sympathy“Music, the greatest good that mortals know and all of heaven we have hear below.”
Music