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

Quote by Joseph Addison

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The friendships of the world are oft confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasures.

The friendships of the world are oft confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasures.

If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise...

If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise...

The utmost extent of man's knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing.

The utmost extent of man's knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing.

Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes...

Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes...

The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch...

The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch...

Marriage enlarges the scene of our happiness and of our miseries. A marriage of love...

Marriage enlarges the scene of our happiness and of our miseries. A marriage of love...

He who would pass his declining years with honor and comfort, should, when young, consider...

He who would pass his declining years with honor and comfort, should, when young, consider...

Those Marriages generally abound most with Love and Constancy, that are preceded by a long...

Those Marriages generally abound most with Love and Constancy, that are preceded by a long...

I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very...

I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very...

A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great...

A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great...

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

He who would pass his declining years with honor and comfort, should, when young, consider...

He who would pass his declining years with honor and comfort, should, when young, consider...

Ridicule is generally made use of to laugh men out of virtue and good sense,...

Ridicule is generally made use of to laugh men out of virtue and good sense,...

Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble.

Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble.

Nature uses extraordinarily ingenious techniques to avoid conflict and competition, and that cooperation is extraordinarily...

Nature uses extraordinarily ingenious techniques to avoid conflict and competition, and that cooperation is extraordinarily...

Young men soon give, and soon forget, affronts; old age is slow in both.

Young men soon give, and soon forget, affronts; old age is slow in both.

A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.

A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.

Nothing is capable of being well set to music that is not nonsense.

Nothing is capable of being well set to music that is not nonsense.

Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and...

Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and...

When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations.

When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations.