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.
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
When hosts of foes with foes engage, And turn the feather'd shaft aside.
Every star, and every pow'r, Yet who would live, and live without thee!
The man resolved, and steady to his trust, And with superior greatness smiles.
— Joseph Addison
Character