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| S. Austin Allibone, comp. Prose Quotations from Socrates to Macaulay. 1880. |
| Coins |
| There is a great affinity between coins and poetry, and your medallist and critic are much nearer related than the world imagines. Joseph Addison. | 1 |
| Compare the beauty and comprehensiveness of legends on ancient coins. Joseph Addison. | 2 |
| Among the great variety of ancient coins which I saw at Rome I could not but take particular notice of such as relate to any of the buildings or statues which are still extant. Joseph Addison. | 3 |
| Till about the end of the third century I do not remember to have seen the head of a Roman emperor drawn with a full face: they always appear in profile. Joseph Addison. | 4 |
| Old coins are like so many maps for explaining the ancient geography. Joseph Addison. | 5 |
| I have seen an antiquary lick an old coin, among other trials, to distinguish the age of it by its taste. Joseph Addison. | 6 |
| You will never, with all your medallic eloquence, persuade Eugenius that it is better to have a pocketful of Othos than of Jacobuses. Joseph Addison. | 7 |
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