Joseph Joubert

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

"Only choose in marriage a man whom you would choose as a friend if he were a woman."

"Space is the stature of God."

"Space is to place as eternity is to time."

"The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk."

"We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for the safety of the future."

"When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees."

"You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you."

"You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you."