Joseph AddisonA collection of 37 posts

Wisdom

Animals in their generation are wiser than the sons of men but their wisdom is...

Wedding

A woman seldom asks advice before she has bought her wedding clothes.

Truth

A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or tr...

Sympathy

I will indulge my sorrows and give way to all the pangs and fury of despair.

Power

Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion.

Patience

Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains losses and disappoi...

Nature

Mutability of temper and inconsistency with ourselves is the greatest weakness o...

Nature

There is not so variable a thing in nature as a lady's head-dress.

Nature

To be perfectly just is an attribute of the divine nature to be so to the utmost...

Nature

The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and...