A cloudy day or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many constitutions as the most recent blessings or misfortunes.

— Joseph Addison

A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.

— Joseph Addison

A day an hour of virtuous liberty is worth a whole eternity in bondage.

— Joseph Addison

Admiration is a very short-lived passion that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object.

— Joseph Addison

All heaven we have below.

— Joseph Addison

A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.

— Joseph Addison

A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants and how much more unhappy he might be than he really is.

— Joseph Addison

A man should always consider ... how much more unhappy he might be than he is.

— Joseph Addison

A misery is not to be measured from the nature of the evil, but from the temper of the sufferer.

— Joseph Addison

And pleas'd the' Almighty's orders to perform. Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.

— Joseph Addison