True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of oneself, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.
— Joseph Addison
Friendship
Music, the greatest good that mortals know,And all of heaven we have below.
Music religious heat inspires, And fits it to bespeak the Deity.
When time itself shall be no more, The whole creation in a chorus join.
Consecrate the place and day In joy, and harmony, and love.
On you, my lord, with anxious fear I wait, And from your judgment must expect my fate.
— Joseph Addison
Leadership
Let echo, too, perform her part, Play all the concert o'er again.
A thousand trills and quivering sounds And at a distance die.
For wheresoe'er I turn my ravished eyes, And still I seem to tread on classic ground.
— Joseph Addison
Literature