Joseph Addison

"Certain is it that there is no kind of affection so purely angelic as of a father to a daughter. In love to our wives there is desire; to our sons, ambition; but to our daughters, there is something which there are no words to express."

- Joseph Addison

"Certain is it that there is no kind of affection so purely angelic as of a father to a daughter."

- Joseph Addison

"Certain is it that there is no kind of affection so purely angelic as of a father to a daughter. In love to our wives, there is desire; to our sons, ambition, but to our daughters there is something which there are no words to express."

- Joseph Addison

"What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable."

- Joseph Addison

"Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by, the doubling of our joy, and diving of our grief;"

- Joseph Addison

"True happiness…arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one’s self."

- Joseph Addison

"True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one’s self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions."

- Joseph Addison

"The greatest sweetener of human life is friendship."

- Joseph Addison

"Let freedom never perish in your hands."

- Joseph Addison

"There is nothing that makes its way more directly to the soul than beauty."

- Joseph Addison

"I will indulge my sorrows, and give way to all the pangs and fury of despair."

- Joseph Addison

"Time, the consoler of affliction and softener of anger."

- Joseph Addison

"Health and cheerfulness naturally beget each other."

- Joseph Addison

"Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body."

- Joseph Addison

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

- Joseph Addison

"Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its empty spaces as the reading of useful and entertaining authors."

- Joseph Addison

"What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul."

- Joseph Addison

"What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the human soul."

- Joseph Addison

"What sculpture is to a block of marble education is to the human soul."

- Joseph Addison

"Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week."

- Joseph Addison

"A happy marriage has in it all the pleasures of friendship, all the enjoyment of sense and reason – and indeed all the sweets of life."

- Joseph Addison

"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

"What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life’s pathway, the good they do is inconceivable."

- Joseph Addison

"The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the wars of elements, The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds."

- Joseph Addison