Grace is in garments, in movements, in manners beauty in the nude, and in forms. This is true of bodies but when we speak of feelings, beauty is in their spirituality, and grace in their moderation. – Joseph Joubert
Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings. – Joseph Joubert
You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you. – Joseph Joubert
A true quotation cannot be divorced from the character who uttered or scribbled it; it should say as much about the person quoted as about the particular subject referred to, and for this reason an anthology of quotations should be a kind of portrait gallery. – Robert Andrews, The Columbia Dictionary of Quotations, “Introduction”