A misery is not to be measure from the nature of the evil but from the temper of the sufferer.
Joseph AddisonFaith is kept alive in us, and gathers strength, more from practice than from speculations.
Joseph AddisonThe schoolboy counts the time till the return of the holidays; the minor longs to be of age; the lover is impatient till he is married.
Joseph AddisonBeauty commonly produces love, but cleanliness preserves it. Age itself is not unamiable while it is preserved clean and unsullied; like a piece of metal constantly kept smooth and bright, we look on it with more pleasure than on a new vessel cankered with rust.
Joseph Addison