Joseph Addison

No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority.

Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it; courage which arises from a sense of duty acts; in a uniform manner.

The Mind that lies fallow but a single Day, sprouts up in Follies that are only to be killed by a constant and assiduous Culture.

There is nothing more requisite in business than despatch.

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

Talking with a friend is nothing else but thinking aloud.

Mysterious love, uncertain treasure, hast thou more of pain or pleasure! Endless torments dwell about thee: Yet who would live, and live without thee!

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

One should take good care not to grow too wise for so great a pleasure of life as laughter.

To a man of pleasure every moment appears to be lost, which partakes not of the vivacity of amusement.

Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it fills the soul with an agreeable surprise, gratifies its curiosity, and gives it an idea of which it was not before possessed.

Suspicion is not less an enemy to virtue than to happiness; he that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious, and he that becomes suspicious will quickly be corrupt.