Joseph Joubert

Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the other.

Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the other.

Never cut what you can untie.

Never cut what you can untie.

They are like the clue in the labyrinth, or the compass in the night.

They are like the clue in the labyrinth, or the compass in the night.

A maxim is the exact and noble expression of an important and indisputable truth. Good maxims are the germs of read more

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.

Be charitable and indulgent to everyone but thyself.

Be charitable and indulgent to everyone but thyself.