If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius. Joseph Addison bosombrothercaution Change image and share on social
Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity. Joseph Addison breakcheerfulnesscloud share on social
An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person. Joseph Addison absurdityblundercommit Change image and share on social
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. Joseph Addison changeclimatecommon Change image and share on social
Those Marriages generally abound most with Love and Constancy, that are preceded by a long Courtship. Joseph Addison aboundconstancycourtship Change image and share on social
Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures. Joseph Addison blessingdisappointmentfigure Change image and share on social
There is not so variable a thing in nature as a lady's head-dress. Joseph Addison dressheadlady Change image and share on social
He who would pass his declining years with honor and comfort, should, when young, consider that he may one day become old, and remember when he is old, that he has once been young. Joseph Addison comfortdaydecline Change image and share on social
Friendships, in general, are suddenly contracted; and therefore it is no wonder they are easily dissolved. Joseph Addison contractdissolveeasily Change image and share on social
There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice. Joseph Addison advicereceivereluctance Change image and share on social
