Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, the post of honor is a private station. — Joseph Addison. British writer and politician (1672–1719)
Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
Ridicule is generally made use of to laugh men out of virtue and good sense, by attacking everything praiseworthy in human life.
What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.
To be an atheist requires an infinitely greater measure of faith than to receive all the great truths which atheism would deny.