Joseph Addison

Some virtues are only seen in affliction and others only in prosperity.

Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.

What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul.

Red with uncommon wrath, to blast the man who owes his greatness to his country's ruin?

The Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye.

Our sight is the most perfect and most delightful of all our senses. It fills the mind with the largest variety of ideas, converses with its objects at the greatest distance, and continues the longest in action without being tired or satiated.

My voice is still for war. Gods! can a Roman senate long debate Which of the two to choose, slavery or death?

From social intercourse are derived some of the highest enjoyments of life; where there is a free interchange of sentiments the mind acquires new ideas, and by frequent exercise of its powers, the understanding gains fresh vigor.

To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing solitude.

Should 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.