Joseph Joubert Needs Quotations

A fluent writer always seems more talented than he is. To write well, one needs a natural felicity and an acquired difficulty.

Thoughts there are, that need no embodying, no form, no expression. It is enough to hint at them vaguely; a word, and they are heard and seen.

To be an agreeable guest one need only enjoy oneself.

Because, you see, you only need one friend for a party. One is enough. Two is enough. Anything is enough.' ~pg 107; Adam on friendship