Joseph Addison

"Knowledge is, indeed, that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another."

"It is indeed very possible, that the Persons we laugh at may in the main of their Characters be much wiser Men than our selves; but if they would have us laugh at them, they must fall short of us in t…"

"Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation, as presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn."

": A cheerful temper joined with innocence will make beauty attractive, knowledge delightful and wit good-natured."

"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 ser…"

"See in what peace a Christian can die!"

": Charity is a virtue of the heart, and not of the hands."

"Irregularity and want of method are only supportable in men of great learning or genius, who are often too full to be exact, and therefore choose to throw down their pearls in heaps before the reader,…"