Forms of government become established of themselves. They shape themselves, they are not created. We may give them strength and consistency, but we cannot call them into being. Let us rest assured that the form of government can never be a matter of choice: it is almost always a matter of necessity.
Joseph JoubertWe find little in a book but what we put there. But in great books, the mind finds room to put many things.
Joseph JoubertCommon sense suits itself to the ways of the world. Wisdom tries to confirm to the ways of heaven.
Joseph Joubert