Title and ancestry render a good man more illustrious, but an ill one more contemptible.
Joseph AddisonMysterious love, uncertain treasure, hast thou more of pain or pleasure! Endless torments dwell about thee: Yet who would live, and live without thee!
Joseph AddisonWhat I spent I lost; what I possessed is left to others; what I gave away remains with me.
Joseph AddisonMarriage enlarges the scene of our happiness and miseries. A marriage of love is pleasant; a marriage of interest, easy; and a marriage where both meet, happy. A happy marriage has in it all the pleasures of friendship, all the enjoyments of sense and reason, and, indeed, all the sweets of life.
Joseph Addison