We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan; and a widower that man who has lost his wife. But that man who has known the immense unhappiness of losing a friend, by what name do we call him? Here every language is silent and holds its peace in impotence.
Joseph Roux

Science is for those who learn, poetry is for those who know.
Joseph Roux

Poetry is the exquisite expression of exquisite expressions.
Joseph Roux

Reason guides but a small part of man, and the rest obeys feeling, true or false, and passion, good or bad.
Joseph Roux

When unhappy, one doubts everything; when happy, one doubts nothing.
Joseph Roux

Say nothing good of yourself, you will be distrusted; say nothing bad of yourself, you will be taken at your word.
Joseph Roux

The folly which we might have ourselves committed is the one which we are least ready to pardon in another.
Joseph Roux