Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense.

Quote by Joseph Addison

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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...

Suspicion is not less an enemy to virtue than to happiness; he that is already...

Suspicion is not less an enemy to virtue than to happiness; he that is already...

A woman seldom asks advice before she has bought her wedding clothes.

A woman seldom asks advice before she has bought her wedding clothes.

The Mind that lies fallow but a single Day, sprouts up in Follies that are...

The Mind that lies fallow but a single Day, sprouts up in Follies that are...

The woman that deliberates is lost.

The woman that deliberates is lost.

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...

What pity is it That we can die, but once to serve our country.

What pity is it That we can die, but once to serve our country.

Friendships, in general, are suddenly contracted; and therefore it is no wonder they are easily...

Friendships, in general, are suddenly contracted; and therefore it is no wonder they are easily...

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...

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...

There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol.

There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol.

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...

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

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

I... recommend to every one of my Readers, the keeping a Journal of their Lives...

I... recommend to every one of my Readers, the keeping a Journal of their Lives...

Wit is the fetching of congruity out of incongruity

Wit is the fetching of congruity out of incongruity

What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul.

What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul.

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.

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...

Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.

Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.

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.