Joseph Joubert (French: [ʒɔzɛf ʒubɛʁ]; 6 May 1754 in Montignac, Périgord – 4 May 1824 in Paris) was a French moralist and essayist, remembered today largely for his Pensées (Thoughts), which were published posthumously. (wikipedia)
Lenity is a part of justice; but she must not speak too loud for fear of waking justice.
The true character of epistolary style is playfulness and urbanity.
Logic is to grammar what the sense of words is to their sound.
Good maxims are the germs of all excellence.
He who cannot see the beautiful side is a bad painter, a bad friend, a bad lover; he cannot lift his mind and his heart so high as goodness.
Religion is fire which example keeps alive, and which goes out if not communicated.
Which is more misshapen,--religion without virtue, or virtue without religion?
Beautiful works do not intoxicate, but they enchant.
Genuine bon mots surprise those from whose lips they fall, no less than they do those who listen to them.
One can with dignity be wife and widow but once.