Mutability of temper and inconsistency with ourselves is the greatest weakness of human nature.
Joseph AddisonShould the whole frame of nature round him break, In ruin and confusion hurled, He, unconcerned, would hear the mighty crack, And stand secure amidst a falling world.
Joseph AddisonIt was a saying of an ancient philosopher, which I find some of our writers have ascribed to Queen Elizabeth, who perhaps might have taken occasion to repeat it, that a good face is a letter of recommendation.
Joseph AddisonFaith is kept alive in us, and gathers strength, more from practice than from speculations.
Joseph Addison