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

Music, the greatest good that mortals know and all of heaven we have hear below.

Music, the greatest good that mortals know and all of heaven we have hear below.

Jealousy is that pain which a man feels from the apprehension that he is not...

Jealousy is that pain which a man feels from the apprehension that he is not...

There is nothing more requisite in business than despatch.

There is nothing more requisite in business than despatch.

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...

The important question is not, what will yield to man a few scattered pleasures, but...

The important question is not, what will yield to man a few scattered pleasures, but...

An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than...

An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than...

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.

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...

In life we don't know how many Love's the Lord will send us, but we...

In life we don't know how many Love's the Lord will send us, but we...

Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is...

Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is...

Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health, and is as friendly to the mind as...

Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health, and is as friendly to the mind as...

A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or...

A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or...

A man that has a taste of music, painting, or architecture, is like one that...

A man that has a taste of music, painting, or architecture, is like one that...

The post of honour is a private station.

The post of honour is a private station.

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...

Justice is an unassailable fortress, built on the brow of a mountain which cannot be...

Justice is an unassailable fortress, built on the brow of a mountain which cannot be...

Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down...

Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down...

A happy marriage has in it all the pleasures of a friendship, all the enjoyments...

A happy marriage has in it all the pleasures of a friendship, all the enjoyments...

What is the meaning of life? To be happy and useful.

What is the meaning of life? To be happy and useful.

Freedom of religion, freedom of the press, freedom of person under the protection of the...

Freedom of religion, freedom of the press, freedom of person under the protection of the...