Quotes by Addison, Joseph

The post of honor is a private station. >>

As vivacity is the gift of women, gravity is that of men. >>

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

Quotations about Humor

Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else. >>

Our five senses are incomplete without the sixth -- a sense of humor. >>

An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious gifts of heav >>

Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity.

Addison, Joseph