quotes by Joseph Addison

Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but, scattered along life''s pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.

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