What 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 AddisonKnowledge is, indeed, that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.
Joseph AddisonWhat an absurd thing it is to pass over all the valuable parts of a man, and fix our attention on his infirmities.
Joseph AddisonThere is not any present moment that is unconnected with some future one. The life of every man is a continued chain of incidents, each link of which hangs upon the former. The transition from cause to effect, from event to event, is often carried on by secret steps, which our foresight cannot divine, and our sagacity is unable to trace. Evil may at some future period bring forth good; and good may bring forth evil, both equally unexpected.
Joseph Addison