A maxim is the exact and noble expression of an important and indisputable truth. Good maxims are the germs of all excellence; when firmly fixed on the memory, they nourish the will.
Joseph JoubertRemorse is the punishment of crime; repentance, its expiation. The former appertains to a tormented conscience; the latter to a soul changed for the better.
Joseph JoubertHaughty people seem to me to have, like the dwarfs, the stature of a child and the face of a man.
Joseph Joubert