Joseph Addison

The fear of death often proves mortal, and sets people on methods to save their lives, which infallibly destroy them

There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol

Nothing is more amiable than true modesty, and nothing more contemptible than the false

Good nature is more agreeable in conversation than wit, and gives a certain air to the countenance which is more amiable than beauty

There is no greater sign of a general decay of virtue in a nation, than a want of zeal in its inhabitants for the good of their country

A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world

Our disputants put me in mind of the scuttle fish, that when he is unable to extricate himself, blackens all the water about him, till he becomes invisible

Young men soon give, and soon forget affronts, old age is slow in both

There is no passion that steals into the heart more imperceptibly and covers itself under more disguises than pride

Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall

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

That he delights in the misery of others no man will confess, and yet what other motive can make a father cruel?