We always believe God is like ourselves, the indulgent think him indulgent and the stern, terrible.
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 JoubertIf fortune wishes to make a man estimable, she gives him virtues; if she wishes to make him esteemed, she gives him success.
Joseph Joubert