Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion. – Joseph Addison
Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it fills the soul with an agreeable surprise, gratifies its curiosity, and gives it an idea of which it was not before possessed. – Joseph Addison
Some virtues are only seen in affliction and others only in prosperity. – Joseph Addison
Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. – Joseph Addison
No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once a specific crime has appeared for the first time, its reappearance is more likely than its initial emergence could ever have been. – Hannah Arendt