“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
“To be an atheist requires an indefinitely greater measure of faith than to recieve all the great truths which atheism would deny.”
FaithAll Quotes by Joseph Addison
“There is nothing that makes its way more directly into the soul than beauty.”
Beauty“To be perfectly just is an attribute of the divine nature to be so to the utmost of our abilities, is the glory of man.”
Nature“No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority.”
Legal“It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected with it. All the illustrious persons of antiquity, and indeed of every age in the world, have passed through this fiery persecution.”
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“What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul.”
Education“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“The fear of death often proves mortal, and sets people on methods to save their Lives, which infallibly destroy them.”
Death“Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.”
Best“Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion.”
Power“Nothing is capable of being well set to music that is not nonsense.”
Music“A woman seldom asks advice before she has bought her wedding clothes.”
Wedding“Young men soon give, and soon forget, affronts old age is slow in both.”
Age“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“A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side.”
Truth“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“Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.”
Happiness“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