The English Writers of Tragedy are possessed with a Notion, that when they represent a virtuous or innocent Person in Distress, they ought not to leave him till they have delivered him out of his Troubles, or made him triumph over his Enemies.
Joseph AddisonMankind are more indebted to industry than ingenuity; the gods set up their favors at a price, and industry is the purchaser.
Joseph AddisonDevotion, when it does not lie under the check of reason, is apt to degenerate into enthusiasm.
Joseph Addison