“Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion.”
Power
“A woman seldom asks advice before she has bought her wedding clothes.”
WeddingAll Quotes by Joseph Addison
“A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of.”
Great“A cloudy day or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many constitutions as the most recent blessings or misfortunes.”
Great“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“The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.”
Friendship“Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.”
Best“Nothing is capable of being well set to music that is not nonsense.”
Music“The fear of death often proves mortal, and sets people on methods to save their Lives, which infallibly destroy them.”
Death“To be an atheist requires an indefinitely greater measure of faith than to recieve all the great truths which atheism would deny.”
Faith“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“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“I will indulge my sorrows, and give way to all the pangs and fury of despair.”
Sympathy“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“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“The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good nature, truth, good sense, and good breeding.”
Nature“Young men soon give, and soon forget, affronts old age is slow in both.”
Age“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“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“No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority.”
Legal“A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side.”
Truth