We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for the safety of the future. – Joseph Joubert
Only choose in marriage a man whom you would choose as a friend if he were a woman. – Joseph Joubert

We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for the safety of the future. – Joseph Joubert
Only choose in marriage a man whom you would choose as a friend if he were a woman. – Joseph Joubert
How many people make themselves abstract to appear profound. The most useful part of abstract terms are the shadows they create to hide a vacuum. – Joseph Joubert
You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you. – Joseph Joubert
The perennial conviction that those who work hard and play by the rules will be rewarded with a more comfortable present and a stronger future for their children faces assault from just about every direction. That great enemy of democratic capitalism, economic inequality, is real and growing. – Jon Meacham