A good conscience is to the soul what health is to the body; it preserves constant ease and serenity within us; and more than countervails all the calamities and afflictions which can befall us from without.

Quote by Joseph Addison

Topics: Body Quotes, Conscience Quotes, Soul Quotes

To say that authority, whether secular or religious, supplies no ground for morality is not...

To say that authority, whether secular or religious, supplies no ground for morality is not...

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be...

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be...

Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and...

Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and...

Mere bashfulness without merit is awkwardness.

Mere bashfulness without merit is awkwardness.

I have somewhere met with the epitaph on a charitable man which has pleased me...

I have somewhere met with the epitaph on a charitable man which has pleased me...

Irregularity and want of method are only supportable in men of great learning or genius,...

Irregularity and want of method are only supportable in men of great learning or genius,...

The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are...

The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are...

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,...

One should take good care not to grow too wise for so great a pleasure...

One should take good care not to grow too wise for so great a pleasure...

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...

Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall.

Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall.

Better to die ten thousand deaths than wound my honor.

Better to die ten thousand deaths than wound my honor.

Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue

Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue

The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink...

The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink...

From hence, let fierce contending nations know, What dire effects from civil discord flow

From hence, let fierce contending nations know, What dire effects from civil discord flow

Is there not some chosen curse, some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, red...

Is there not some chosen curse, some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, red...

Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object.

Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object.

Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.

Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.

The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are...

The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are...

Among all kinds of Writing, there is none in which Authors are more apt to...

Among all kinds of Writing, there is none in which Authors are more apt to...