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.

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

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

What worries me is that 'post-racial' America is not that different from the Americas that have preceded us, and it might not ever be.

I am a big one for subtlety and empathy. My dad was softly spoken and didn't carry his honours and accomplishments for everyone to see.

The model should only serve the very private function for the painter of providing the starting point for his excitement.