Joseph Addison

Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense.

There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice.

Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object.

Why do men fight who were born to be brothers?

A teacher must believe in the value and interest of his subject as a doctor believes in health.

All sides in a trial want to hide at least some of the truth.