When I consider the Question, Whether there are such Persons in the World as those we call Witches? My Mind is divided between the two opposite Opinions; or rather I believe in general that there is, and has been such a thing as Witchcraft; but at the same time can give no Credit to any Particular Instance of it.
Joseph AddisonWhat sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.
Joseph AddisonGovernment mitigates the inequality of power, and makes an innocent man, though of the lowest rank, a match for the mightiest of his fellow-subjects.
Joseph AddisonWe make provisions for this life as if it were never to have an end, and for the other life as though it were never to have a beginning.
Joseph AddisonTitle and ancestry render a good man more illustrious, but an ill one more contemptible.
Joseph Addison