401 Quotes by Joseph Joubert

If fortune wishes to make a man estimable, she gives him virtues; if she wishes to make him esteemed, she gives him success.

I love to read, and I don't believe that you have to finish one book before you start another. --Mallory Pike

Truth consists of having the same idea about something that God has.

Truth takes the stamp of the souls it enters. It is rigorous and rough in arid souls, but tempers and softens itself in loving natures.

For now, I just want things all safe and familiar. My life may not be perfect, but it is what I have known.

When one has too great a dread of what is impending, one feels some relief when the trouble has come.

If you're very serious about writing it's helpful to find an agent. It's becoming more and more competitive to have your manuscript even looked at by an editor. Many companies don't accept unsolicited manuscripts anymore, so they'll pay more attention to something that comes in through an agent.

In the interchange of thought use no coin but gold and silver.

Close your eyes and you will see.