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.

I didn't want to be known. People say, 'I didn't want to toil in obscurity.' I like toiling in obscurity.

Be kind and considerate with your criticism... It's just as hard to write a bad book as it is to write a good book.

The judge decided in this case that both the state and the defense would have the opportunity to respond to certain kinds of press. This is one such instance.