The unjustifiable severity of a parent is loaded with this aggravation, that those whom he injures are always in his sight. – Joseph Addison
Good nature is more agreeable in conversation than wit and gives a certain air to the countenance which is more amiable than beauty. – Joseph Addison
Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue. – Joseph Addison
I have somewhere met with the epitaph on a charitable man which has pleased me very much. I cannot recollect the words, but here is the sense of it: What I spent I lost; what I possessed is left to others; what I gave away remains with me. – Joseph Addison