Tradition is an important help to history, but its statements should be carefully scrutinized before we rely on them.
Joseph AddisonThe pleasantest part of a man's life is generally that which passes in courtship, provided his passion be sincere, and the party beloved kind with discretion. Love, desire, hope, all the pleasing emotions of the soul, rise in the pursuit.
Joseph AddisonTo be perfectly just is an attribute of the divine nature; to be so to the utmost of our abilities, is the glory of man.
Joseph AddisonGood Nature, and Evenness of Temper, will give you an easie Companion for Life; Vertue and good Sense, an agreeable Friend; Love and Constancy, a good Wife or Husband. Where we meet one Person with all these Accomplishments, we find an Hundred without any one of them.
Joseph Addison