“Young men soon give, and soon forget, affronts; old age is slow in bot...” — Joseph Addison Quote

“Young men soon give, and soon forget, affronts; old age is slow in both.”

“To be an atheist requires an indefinitely greater measure of faith than to recieve all the great truths which atheism would deny.”

“It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others.”

“At my advanced age, I know I am not an anti-Semite, not even vaguely or remotely, but others would seem to know better, as false accusers always do.”

“The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.”

“Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a whole world to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi.”