It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others. – Joseph Addison
Young people soon give, and forget insults, but old age is slow in both. – Joseph Addison
A mans first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart, and his next to escape the censures of the world. – Joseph Addison
A good conscience is to the soul what health is to the body; it preserves a constant ease and serenity within us, and more than countervails all the calamities and afflictions that can possibly befall us. – Joseph Addison