Avoid singularity. There may often be less vanity in following the new modes than in adhering to the old ones. It is true that the foolish invent them, but the wise may conform to, instead of contradicting, them.
Joseph JoubertOne should choose for a wife only such a woman as he would choose for a friend, were she a man.
Joseph JoubertWhen one has too great a dread of what is impending, one feels some relief when the trouble has come.
Joseph JoubertA man who shows no defect is a fool or a hypocrite, whom we should mistrust. There are defects so bound to fine qualities that they announce them,--defects which it is well not to correct.
Joseph Joubert