"The hours of a wise man are lengthened by his ideas" — Joseph Addison

A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a chain.

Source: The Varieties of Religious Experience (1902)

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body

Source: The Tatler, no. 147 (1710)

It is never too late to be wise.

Source: The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry

Source: Miscellaneous Aphorisms (1911)

Talking with a friend is nothing else but thinking aloud

Source: The Spectator, no. 225 (1711)

If the lion was advised by the fox, he would be cunning

Source: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790-1793)

Joseph Addison Quote