Complaisance, though in itself it be scarce reckoned in the number of moral virtues, is that which gives a lustre to every talent a man can be possessed of. It was Plato's advice to an unpolished writer that he should sacrifice to the graces. In the same manner I would advise every man of learning, who would not appear in the world a mere scholar or philosopher, to make himself master of the social virtue which I have here mentioned.
Joseph AddisonA religious hope does not only bear up the mind under her sufferings but makes her rejoice in them.
Joseph AddisonHe only is a great man who can neglect the applause of the multitude and enjoy himself independent of its favor.
Joseph AddisonWhen a man has been guilty of any vice or folly, the best atonement he can make for it is to warn others not to fall into the like.
Joseph Addison