Joseph Addison

Young men soon give and soon forget affronts;
Old age is slow in both.

Young men soon give and soon forget affronts;
Old age is slow in both.

And those who paint 'em truest praise 'em most.

And those who paint 'em truest praise 'em most.

Sweet are the slumbers of the virtuous man!

Sweet are the slumbers of the virtuous man!

Blesses his stars, and thinks it luxury.

Blesses his stars, and thinks it luxury.

Advertisements are of great use to the vulgar. First of all, as
they are instruments of ambition. A man read more

Advertisements are of great use to the vulgar. First of all, as
they are instruments of ambition. A man that is by no means big
enough for the Gazette, may easily creep into the advertisements;
by which means we often see an apothecary in the same paper of
news with a plenipotentiary, or a running footman with an
ambassador.